Peganum
Genus of flowering plants
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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.
| Peganum | |
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| Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Nitrariaceae |
| Genus: | Peganum L. |
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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]
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