Zygophyllaceae
Krameria lappacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Zygophyllales Family: Zygophyllaceae R.Br., 1814
Genera
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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

Porlieria

• Roepera
• Sarcozygium
• Seetzenia
• Sericodes
• Sisyndite
• Tetradiclis
• Tetraena
• Tribulopis
• Tribulus
• Viscainoa
• Zygophyllum

External links

• Zygophyllaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.]
• Family Zygophyllaceae Flowers in Israel

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