Peganum
Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae. Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.
Species
harmel
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyTetradiclidaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Greece
Observations3,395
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Research
494 papers- Peganum harmala L.: A Review of Botany, Traditional Use, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Quality Marker, and Toxicity.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2024
- Alkaloids of Peganum harmala: Anticancer Biomarkers with Promising Outcomes.
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2 sectionsContents
- Phylogeny and Species
- References
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