Zygophyllaceae

Taxobox
name = Zygophyllaceae


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Krameria lappacea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Zygophyllales
familia = Zygophyllaceae
familia_authority = R.Br., 1814
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

The Zygophyllaceae, of about 250 species, are a family of flowering plants, also known as the bean-caper or caltrop family.

According to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG II), the heterogeneous family Zygophyllaceae is unplaced to order, but included in the Eurosids I as a sister to a clade composed of several orders. The name Zygophyllales can be used if one finds it appropriate to place the family Zygophyllaceae into an order.

Synonyms

*Balanitaceae Endl. (1841)
*Krameriaceae Dumort. (1829) (optional synonym)
*Tribulaceae Trautv. (1853)

Genera

*"Augea"
*"Balanites"
*""Bulnesia"
*"Fagonia"
*"Guaiacum"
*"Halimiphyllum"
*"Izozogia"
*"Kallstroemia"
*"Kelleronia"
*"Krameria"
*"Larrea"
*"Metharme"
*"Miltianthus"
*"Morkillia"
*"Neoluederitzia"
*"Peganum" (now in the recently separated family Nitrariaceae)
*"Pintoa"
*"Plectrocarpa"
*"Porlieria"
*"Roepera"
*"Sarcozygium"
*"Seetzenia"
*"Sericodes"
*"Sisyndite"
*"Tetradiclis"
*"Tetraena"
*"Tribulopis"
*"Tribulus"
*"Viscainoa"
*"Zygophyllum"

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/zygophyl.htm Zygophyllaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz] (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.]
* [http://flowersinisrael.com/FamZygophyllaceae.html Family Zygophyllaceae] Flowers in Israel