Tetraena alba

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Zygophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Zygophyllales

Tetraena alba (L.f.) Beier & Thulin, Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 35 (2003).

Basionym
- Zygophyllum album L.f., Dec. Pl. Hort. Upsal.: 11 (1762).
Heterotypic
- Zygophyllum amblyocarpum Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894(93): 330 (1894), nom. illeg., nom. nud.
  - Zygophyllum amblyocarpum Baker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2358 (1895), nom. illeg.
  - Zygophyllum album var. amblyocarpum (Baker) Hadidi, Webbia 33: 52 (1978).
  - Zygophyllum album f. amblyocarpum (Baker) Hadidi, Bot. Not. 131: 441 (1978).
  - Tetraena alba var. amblyocarpa (Baker) Al-Zahrani & Albokhari, Saudi J. Biol. Sci. 24(7): 1577 (2017).
- Tetraena alba var. arabica Al-Zahrani & Albokhari, Saudi J. Biol. Sci. 24(7): 1577 (2017).
- Zygophyllum proliferum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 87 (1775).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Kriti.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States (Bahrain), Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

Beier, B.-A., Chase, M.W. & Thulin, M. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of subfamily Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 240(1–4): 11–39. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0007-0 Reference page.

Al-Zahrani, D.A. & Albokhari, E.J. 2017. Systematic studies on the Zygophyllaceae of Saudi Arabia: a new variety and new variety combination in Tetraena. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 24(7): 1574–1579. DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.10.016 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tetraena alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 3. Reference page. (accepting Zygophyllum album)
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Tetraena alba in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 3.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tetraena alba. Published online. Accessed: Mar 3 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tetraena alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.