Fagonia
| Fagonia | |
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| Fagonia arabica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zygophylloideae |
| Genus: | Fagonia L.[1] |
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Fagonia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The roughly 18 species it contains are commonly known as fagonbushes. Their distribution includes parts of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, and parts of the Americas.
Fagonia laevis is a perennial herb of the United States desert southwest. It has opposite leaves, trifoliate with spinescent stipules, a pink corolla and smooth fruits.
Selected species
- Fagonia albiflora
- Fagonia arabica L.[2]
- Fagonia chilensis
- Fagonia cretica L.
- Fagonia glutinosa
- Fagonia laevis Standl. (=Fagonia californica) – California Fagonbush
- Fagonia mollis
- Fagonia orientalis
- Fagonia pachyacantha Rydb. – Sticky Fagonbush
- Fagonia paulyana
- Fagonia scabra
References
- ↑ "Genus: Fagonia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Fagonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
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Mediterranean Species:
- Refers to 30 species & medical history/common names - goredsea.com