Botany: 3 genera: Nitraria, Peganum and Tetradiclis; 16 species; Central Asia, North Africa, Southern Europe.
TaxonomyNitrariaceae 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.