Zygophyllum albumL.f.

WFO wfo-0000429725 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zygophyllum album, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-13 / obs. 188817758
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188944554
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Denys Vynokurov
fig. c Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108082911
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. d Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64012398
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28595902
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28597756
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28372066
Zygophyllum album, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28331271

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Zygophyllum album is native: Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkiye, Yemen, Kriti, Spain AlgeriaDjiboutiEgyptEritreaLibyaMauritaniaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTürkiyeYemenKritiSpain
Native distribution of Zygophyllum album, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Kriti KRI EUROPE
Spain SPA

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Tetraena alba (L.f.) Beier & Thulin
  • Tetraena alba var. amblyocarpa (Baker) Alzahrani & Albokhari
  • Tetraena alba var. arabica Alzahrani & Albokhari
  • Zygophyllum album var. amblyocarpum (Baker) Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum amblyocarpum Baker
  • Zygophyllum proliferum Forssk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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