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Tribulus
Tribulus is a genus of plants in the family Zygophyllaceae and found in diverse climates and soils worldwide from latitudes 35°S to 47°N. The best-known member is T. terrestris (puncture vine), a widespread invasive species and weed.
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Guaiacum
Guaiacum (), sometimes spelled Guajacum, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of slow-growing shrubs and trees, reaching a height of approximately but usually less than half of that. All are native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas and are commonly known as lignum-vitae, guayacán (Spanish), or gaïac (French). The genus name originated in Taíno, the language spoken by the native Taínos of the Bahamas; it was adopted into English in 1533, the first word in that language of American origin.
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Zygophyllum
thumb|Zygophyllum fabago leaflets Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zygón), meaning "double", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf". It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets. thumb|Zygophyllum atriplicoides in [[Behbahan County, Iran]] The genus is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia, Australia, and North and South America. Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, Zygophyllum was not monophyl
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Krameria
Krameria is the only genus in the family Krameriaceae, of which any of the approximately 17–18 species. The genus is named after the Austrian botanist Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer (1684-1744).
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Larrea
Larrea is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of evergreen shrubs that are native to the Americas. The generic name honours Bishop Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea, a patron of science. South American members of this genus are known as jarillas and can produce fertile interspecific hybrids. One of the more notable species is the creosote bush (L. tridentata) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The King Clone ring in the Mojave Desert is a creosote bush clonal colony estimated to be about 11,700 years old.
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Balanites
Balanites is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name Balanites derives from the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit. It was coined by Alire Delile in 1813.
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Bulnesia
Bulnesia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly B. arborea and B. sarmientoi – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or "lignum vitae". They are close relatives of the "true" lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum.
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Porlieria
Porlieria is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species within this genus are shrubs or small trees of dry subtropical regions of South America. The generic name honours Spanish ambassador Don Antonio Porlier de Baxamar.
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Morkillia
Morkillia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
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Plectrocarpa
Plectrocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
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Kallstroemia
thumb|Kallstroemia pubescens
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Kelleronia
Kelleronia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
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Roepera
Roepera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, subfamily Zygophylloideae. It is native to Australia and south-western Africa, from Angola to South Africa.
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Tribulopis
Tribulopis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae. Species of the genus are endemic to Australia.
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Sericodes
genus of plants
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Melocarpum
Melocarpum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
Pintoa
genus of plants
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Viscainoa
Viscainoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae. It is in the subfamily Morkillioideae. It is endemic to north-western Mexico.
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Seetzenia
Seetzenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
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Metharme
genus of plants
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Sisyndite
Sisyndite is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae, containing only one species, Sisyndite spartea. It is a shrub native to southern Namibia and the northern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
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Neoluederitzia
Neoluederitzia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The sole species is Neoluederitzia sericocarpa. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes. It is unusual within the family for being dioecious: having male and female flowers on separate plants.