Tribuloideae
Encyclopedia
Tribuloideae is a subfamily
of the flowering plant
family Zygophyllaceae
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of the flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
family Zygophyllaceae
Zygophyllaceae
The Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. It includes around 285 species in 22 genera.In the APG III system of classification, the families Zygophyllaceae and Krameriaceae compose the order Zygophyllales...
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Genera
- BalanitesBalanitesBalanites is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae.-Selected species:* Balanites aegyptiaca Delile* Balanites maughamii Sprague* Balanites roxburghii Planch.-External links:...
DelileAlire Raffeneau DelileAlire Raffeneau Delile was a French botanist.-Biography:He studied botany with Jean Lemonnier, and was in the Paris medical school in 1796.-Egypt:... - KallstroemiaKallstroemiaKallstroemia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The approximately 17 species it contains are native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas. The flower and fruit morphology is similar to Tribulus. The convex fruits separate into about 10 nutlets...
Scop.Giovanni Antonio ScopoliGiovanni Antonio Scopoli was an Italian physician and naturalist.-Biography:... - Kelleronia SchinzHans SchinzHans Schinz was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich.In 1884 he participated in an exploratory expedition to German Southwest Africa that was organized by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz . For the next few years Schinz undertook extensive scientific studies of the northern parts...
- NeoluederitziaNeoluederitziaNeoluederitzia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae....
Schinz - Sisyndite E.Mey.Ernst Heinrich Friedrich MeyerErnst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer was a German botanist and botanical historian. Born in Hanover, he lectured in Göttingen and in 1826 became a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg, as well as Director of the Botanical Garden. His botanical specialty was the Juncaceae, or family of...
ex Sond.Otto Wilhelm SonderOtto Wilhelm Sonder was a German botanist and pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. From 1841 to 1878 he was the proprietor of a pharmacy in Hamburg. In 1846 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg.He was the author, with William Henry Harvey , of the Flora Capensis... - Tribulopsis R.Br.Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
- TribulusTribulusTribulus is a genus of plants found in many warm regions. The best-known member is T. terrestris , a widespread weed and also the source of a dietary supplement....
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