Peganum

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Peganum | image = Peganum harmala1.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Syrian Rue (Peganum harmala) | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Sapindales | familia = Nitrariaceae | genus = Peganum | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}

Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae (Sheahan & Chase 1996). Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.

The genus has five species, occurring in warm temperate to subtropical regions across the world:

  • Peganum harmala L. - Harmal or Syrian Rue (Mediterranean region east to India)
  • Peganum mexicanum Gray (Mexico)
  • Peganum nigellastrum Bunge (China)
  • Peganum rothschildianum F.Buxbaum (Tunisia)
  • Peganum texanum M.E.Jones (southern North America)
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References

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: 279-300

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