peganum

Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae. Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.

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 AmericaPhylogenetic ...