''Zygophyllum'' is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν (''zygon''), meaning "double", and φυλλον (''phyllon''), 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 In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and w ...

, central Asia and

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Molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, ''Zygophyllum'' was not

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...

, and the genus was split among a number of other genera, including '' Augea'', '' Fagonia'', '' Roepera'' and ''

Tetraena ''Tetraena'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae. Description Species of ''Tetraena'' are shrubby or herbaceous, the tallest being around . The leaves are opposite, or sometimes borne on short shoots and then appearin ...

''.

Species

In accordance with International Plant Names Index, genus ''Zygophyllum'' currently has 117 accepted species: *''Zygophyllum acerosum'' (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum aegyptium'' Hosny *'' Zygophyllum album'' L.f. *''Zygophyllum applanatum'' Van Zyl *''Zygophyllum arabicum'' (L.) 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'' (DC.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum bucharicum'' B.Fedtsch. *''Zygophyllum californicum'' (Benth.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum charoides'' (Chiov.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum chilense'' (Hook. & Arn.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum chrysopteron'' Retief *''Zygophyllum clavatum'' Schltr. & Diels *''Zygophyllum coccineum'' L. *''Zygophyllum cornutum'' Coss. *''Zygophyllum creticum'' (L.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum cuspidatum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum cylindrifolium'' Schinz *''Zygophyllum darvasicum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum decumbens'' Delile *''Zygophyllum densispinum'' (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum densum'' (I.M.Johnst.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum dregeanum'' Sond. *''

Zygophyllum dumosum ''Zygophyllum dumosum'' (syn. ''Tetraena dumosa''), the bushy bean-caper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Levant. It is a dominant shrub in the highlands of the Negev Des ...

'' Boiss. *''Zygophyllum eichwaldii'' C.A.Mey. *'' Zygophyllum fabago'' L. *''Zygophyllum fabagoides'' Popov *''

Zygophyllum fontanesii ''Tetraena fontanesii'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Zygophyllum fontanesii'', is a species of plant of the family Zygophyllaceae. It is found in Macaronesia and northwest Africa. Description This halophile and xerophile plant can grow up to 5 ...

'' Webb & Berthel. *''Zygophyllum furcatum'' C.A.Mey. *''Zygophyllum gaetulum'' Emb. & Maire *''Zygophyllum geslinii'' Coss. *'' Zygophyllum giessii'' Merxm. & A.Schreib. *''Zygophyllum glutinosum'' (Delile) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum gobicum'' Maxim. *''Zygophyllum gontscharovii'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum gypsophilum'' (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum hadramauticum'' (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum hamiense'' Schweinf. *''Zygophyllum harpago'' (Emb. & Maire) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum heterocladum'' Rech.f. & Patzak *''Zygophyllum iliense'' Popov *''Zygophyllum indicum'' (Burm.f.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum jaxarticum'' Popov *''Zygophyllum kansuense'' Y.X.Liou *''Zygophyllum karatavicum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum kaschgaricum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum kegense'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum kopalense'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum laeve'' (Standl.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum lahovarii'' (Volkens & Schweinf.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum latistipulatum'' (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum lehmannianum'' Bunge *''Zygophyllum loczyi'' Kanitz *''Zygophyllum longicapsulare'' Schinz *''Zygophyllum longistipulatum'' Schinz *''Zygophyllum luntii'' (Baker) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum macropodum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum madagascariense'' (Baill.) Stauffer *''Zygophyllum madecassum'' H.Perrier *''Zygophyllum mahranum'' (Beier) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum mandavillei'' Hadidi *''Zygophyllum mayanum'' (Schltdl.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum melongena'' Bunge *''Zygophyllum microcarpum'' Licht. ex Cham. *''Zygophyllum migiurtinorum'' Chiov. *''Zygophyllum miniatum'' Cham. *''Zygophyllum minutistipulum'' (Engl.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum molle'' (Delile) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum mongolicum'' (Maxim.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum mucronatum'' Maxim. *''Zygophyllum neglectum'' Grubov *''Zygophyllum obliquum'' Popov *''Zygophyllum olivieri'' (DC.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum orientale'' (C.Presl) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum ovigerum'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Bunge *''Zygophyllum oxianum'' Boriss. *''Zygophyllum oxycarpum'' Popov *''Zygophyllum pachyacanthum'' (Rydb.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum palmeri'' (Vasey & Rose) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum pamiricum'' Grubov *''Zygophyllum paulayanum'' (J.Wagner & Vierh.) 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'' (Forssk.) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum scoparium'' (Brandegee) Christenh. & Byng *'' Zygophyllum simplex'' L. *''Zygophyllum sinkiangense'' Y.X.Liou *''Zygophyllum smithii'' Hadidi *''Zygophyllum somalense'' Hadidi *''Zygophyllum spinosissimum'' (Blatt. & Hallb.) Christenh. & Byng *'' Zygophyllum stapffii'' Schinz *''Zygophyllum steropterum'' Schrenk *''Zygophyllum subinerme'' (Boiss.) 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'' (D.M.Porter) Christenh. & Byng *''Zygophyllum xanthoxylum'' (Bunge) Maxim. *''Zygophyllum zilloides'' (Humbert) Christenh. & Byng

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