Peganum
Appearance
Peganum | |
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Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Nitrariaceae |
Genus: | Peganum L. |
Species | |
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Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae.[1] Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.
Phylogeny and Species
[edit]The genus has around five species, occurring in warm temperate to subtropical regions across the world:
- Peganum harmala L. (Harmal or Syrian rue) — Mediterranean region east to China
- Peganum mexicanum Gray — Mexico
- Peganum multisectum (Maxim.) Bobrov — China, Mongolia
- Peganum nigellastrum Bunge — China
- Peganum texanum M.E.Jones — southern North America
Phylogenetic data suggests the following relationships:[2][3]
Nitraria (outgroup) | |
Peganum | |
References
[edit]- ^ Sheahan, M.C.; Chase, M.W. (1996). "A phylogenetic analysis of Zygophyllaceae R. Br. based on morphological anatomical and rbcL DNA sequence data". Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122 (4): 279–300. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1996.tb02077.x.
- ^ Zhang; Chi (2019). "The complete chloroplast genome of Peganum harmala". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (1): 1784–1785. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1612289.
- ^ Zhao; Wang; Branford-White; Wang (2011). "Classification and differentiation of the genus Peganum indigenous to China based on chloroplast trnL-F and psbA-trnH sequences and seed coat morphology". Plant Biology. 13 (6): 940–947. Bibcode:2011PlBio..13..940Z. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00455.x. PMID 21972911.
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