Zygophyllum


Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek ζυγόν, meaning "double", and φύλλον, meaning "leaf". It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets.
The genus is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia, Australia, and North and South America.
Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, Zygophyllum was not monophyletic, and the genus was split among a number of other genera, including Augea, Fagonia, Roepera and Tetraena., Plants of the World Online accepted only Roepera of these genera, regarding Augea, Fagonia and Tetraena as synonyms of Zygophyllum.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted 117 species :
  • Zygophyllum acerosum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum aegyptium Hosny
  • Zygophyllum album L.f.
  • Zygophyllum applanatum Van Zyl
  • Zygophyllum arabicum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum atriplicoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum augea Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum balchaschense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum betpakdalense Golosk. & Semiotr.
  • Zygophyllum borissovae Beier & Thulin
  • Zygophyllum brachypterum Kar. & Kir.
  • Zygophyllum bruguieri Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum bucharicum B.Fedtsch.
  • Zygophyllum californicum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum charoides Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum chilense Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum chrysopteron Retief
  • Zygophyllum clavatum Schltr. & Diels
  • Zygophyllum coccineum L.
  • Zygophyllum cornutum Coss.
  • Zygophyllum creticum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum cuspidatum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum cylindrifolium Schinz
  • Zygophyllum darvasicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum decumbens Delile
  • Zygophyllum densispinum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum densum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum dregeanum Sond.
  • Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss.
  • Zygophyllum eichwaldii C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum fabago L.
  • Zygophyllum fabagoides Popov
  • Zygophyllum fontanesii Webb & Berthel.
  • Zygophyllum furcatum C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum gaetulum Emb. & Maire
  • Zygophyllum geslinii Coss.
  • Zygophyllum giessii Merxm. & A.Schreib.
  • Zygophyllum glutinosum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum gobicum Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum gontscharovii Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum gypsophilum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum hadramauticum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum hamiense Schweinf.
  • Zygophyllum harpago Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum heterocladum Rech.f. & Patzak
  • Zygophyllum iliense Popov
  • Zygophyllum indicum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum jaxarticum Popov
  • Zygophyllum kansuense Y.X.Liou
  • Zygophyllum karatavicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kaschgaricum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kegense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kopalense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum laeve Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum lahovarii Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum latistipulatum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum lehmannianum Bunge
  • Zygophyllum loczyi Kanitz
  • Zygophyllum longicapsulare Schinz
  • Zygophyllum longistipulatum Schinz
  • Zygophyllum luntii Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum macropodum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum madagascariense Stauffer
  • Zygophyllum madecassum H.Perrier
  • Zygophyllum mahranum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum mandavillei Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum mayanum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum melongena Bunge
  • Zygophyllum microcarpum Licht. ex Cham.
  • Zygophyllum migiurtinorum Chiov.
  • Zygophyllum miniatum Cham.
  • Zygophyllum minutistipulum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum molle Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum mongolicum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum mucronatum Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum neglectum Grubov
  • Zygophyllum obliquum Popov
  • Zygophyllum olivieri Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum orientale Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum ovigerum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Bunge
  • Zygophyllum oxianum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum oxycarpum Popov
  • Zygophyllum pachyacanthum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum palmeri Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum pamiricum Grubov
  • Zygophyllum paulayanum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum pinnatum Cham.
  • Zygophyllum potaninii Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum prismaticum Chiov.
  • Zygophyllum prismatocarpum Sond.
  • Zygophyllum procumbens Adamson
  • Zygophyllum propinquum Decne.
  • Zygophyllum pterocarpum Bunge
  • Zygophyllum pterocaule Van Zyl
  • Zygophyllum qatarense Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum retrofractum Thunb.
  • Zygophyllum rigidum Schinz
  • Zygophyllum rosowii Bunge
  • Zygophyllum scabrum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum scoparium Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum simplex L.
  • Zygophyllum sinkiangense Y.X.Liou
  • Zygophyllum smithii Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum somalense Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum spinosissimum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum stapffii Schinz
  • Zygophyllum steropterum Schrenk
  • Zygophyllum subinerme Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum subtrijugum C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum sulcatum Huysst.
  • Zygophyllum taldykurganicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum tenue R.Glover
  • Zygophyllum trialatum Blatt. & Hallb.
  • Zygophyllum turcomanicum Fisch. ex Boiss.
  • Zygophyllum villosum Christenh. & Byng
  • Zygophyllum xanthoxylum Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum zilloides Christenh. & Byng