Taxon: Zygophyllum fabago L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*, ID*°, NV*, OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Syrian bean-caper   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• tvillingblad   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [s.]
  Southeastern Europe: Romania

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Beier, B. A. et al. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of subfamily Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 240:33.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rollins, R. C. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Weeds of south-west Asia in North America with special reference to the Cruciferae. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B:298.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Zygophyllum fabago.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Zygophyllum fabago.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Zygophyllum fabago.

Synonyms:

• (=) Zygophyllum fabago var. brachycarpum Boiss.
  

Check other web resources for Zygophyllum fabago L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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