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Perennial [ shrub], fleshy.
Stem: branched.
Leaf: alternate, simple to irregularly divided, occasionally toothed or lobed; stipules minute or leaf-like.
Inflorescence: flowers 1 [or in cymes].
Flower: radial, bisexual; sepals 3–5; petals 3–5; stamens (10)15; ovary superior, chambers 2–6, each with [1,6] many ovules, style at tip or basal.
Fruit: capsule [ berry, drupe].
4 genera, 16 species: generally ± arid regions, n hemisphere, Australia. [The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2003 Bot J Linn Soc 141:399–436] Based on molecular, anatomical, and morphological evidence, The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003) indicates that Peganum and Nitraria, sometimes placed in Zygophyllaceae, are widely separated from Zygophyllaceae sensu stricto, and probably should be placed in a different family, in a different order (Sapindales) than Zygophyllaceae (Zygophyllales). —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Previous taxon: Syzygium australe
Next taxon: Peganum
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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