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Peganum

Peganum

Peganum

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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

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

P. multisectum

P. nigellastrum

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. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00455.x. PMID 21972911.

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Peganum: Brief Summary

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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.

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