Nitrariaceae is a family of

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s in the order

Sapindales Sapindales is an order of flowering plants. Well-known members of Sapindales include citrus; maples, horse-chestnuts, lychees and rambutans; mangos and cashews; frankincense and myrrh; mahogany and neem. The APG III system of 2009 inclu ...

. It comprises four genera, '' Malacocarpus'', '' Nitraria'', ''

Peganum ''Peganum'' Carl Linnaeus, L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae. Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae. Phylogeny and Species The genus has around five species, occurring in warm temperate to su ...

'' and '' Tetradiclis'', totalling 19 species. The family's main range is in the arid and semi-arid regions from

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west to

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and southern

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, but there are also species in eastern

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and southern Australia.

References

Sapindales families {{sapindales-stub