Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.55.00
Nitrariaceae
Botany: 3 genera: Nitraria, Peganum and Tetradiclis; 16 species; Central Asia, North Africa, Southern Europe.
Taxonomy
Nitrariaceae is one of the smaller Families in the Sapindales in the Apg3 classifcation. Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae are included in Nitrariaceae.
In the Plant theory Nitrariaceae is placed in Subphase 5.