Tiganophytaceae is a family in the plant order

Brassicales The Brassicales (or Cruciales) are an order (biology), order of flowering plants, belonging to the eurosids II group of dicotyledons under the APG II system. One character common to many members of the order is the production of glucosinolate (mu ...

, consisting of the sole

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus, ''Tiganophyton'', represented by ''T. karasense''. The family is endemic to

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

, occurring in the arid

Karas Region Karas may refer to: Places * Karas Region, Namibia * Karaš River, a river in Serbia and Romania (Romanian ''Caraş'') * Karas Island, an island in Sebakor Bay, West Papua, Indonesia * Karaś, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village in nor ...

of southern Namibia.

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