Zygophyllum fabagoL.

Syrian beancaper

WFO wfo-0000429634 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. a Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-30 / obs. 166470574
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. b Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166470547
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. c Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163070132
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. d Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162640462
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. e Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162498151
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Анастасия Шавкина
fig. f Анастасия Шавкина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150335991
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. g Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142897162
Zygophyllum fabago, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164924595

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Zygophyllum fabago is native: Egypt, Afghanistan, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Qinghai, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Xinjiang, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Krym, Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine EgyptAfghanistanChina North-CentralInner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineQinghaiSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanXinjiangPakistanBulgariaKrymRomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Zygophyllum fabago, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Qinghai CHQ
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Xinjiang CHX
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Krym KRY
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Egypt EGY AFRICA
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

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 10 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.

  • Fabago alata Moench
  • Fabago major Sweet
  • Zygophyllum fabagineum St.-Lag.
  • Zygophyllum fabago subsp. dolichocarpum Popov ex Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum fabago subsp. dolichocarpum Popov
  • Zygophyllum fabago subsp. fabago
  • Zygophyllum fabago subsp. orientale Boriss. ex Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum fabago var. typicum Popov
  • Zygophyllum micronatum Opiz
  • Zygophyllum typicum (Popov) C.Regel

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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