Peganum
| 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. Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.
Phylogeny and Species
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:
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Nitraria (outgroup) | |
| Peganum | |
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 (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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