{"title":"The Morphological Characterization of a Lesser Known Species Zygophyllum olivieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng in India","authors":"C. S. Purohit, Amit Kumar, S. L. Meena","doi":"10.1002/fedr.70094","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p><i>Zygophyllum olivieri</i> (DC.) Christenh. & Byng is a spiny herbaceous plant found in the arid and semi-arid biomes of the Middle East. Although some sources claim that this taxon is reported from India, the authors could not trace any herbarium sheet in any major herbaria of India. In this study, <i>Z. olivieri</i> was traced to the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, the state where more than 60% of its area lies under the vast Indian desert characterized by very low rainfall and perpetual dryness. This paper deals with its identification keys, plant description, distribution map, and photoplate for its easy identification.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":53662,"journal":{"name":"Feddes Repertorium","volume":"137 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Feddes Repertorium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fedr.70094","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Zygophyllum olivieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng is a spiny herbaceous plant found in the arid and semi-arid biomes of the Middle East. Although some sources claim that this taxon is reported from India, the authors could not trace any herbarium sheet in any major herbaria of India. In this study, Z. olivieri was traced to the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, the state where more than 60% of its area lies under the vast Indian desert characterized by very low rainfall and perpetual dryness. This paper deals with its identification keys, plant description, distribution map, and photoplate for its easy identification.
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Feddes Repertorium - Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and Geobotany is one of the world"s leading publications in theory and practice. Original research papers and reviews cover all groups of the plant world, including extant and fossil. Theory and principles of taxonomy, nomenclature, techniques and methodology, on evolution and phylogeny and descriptions of new taxa are considered as well. The reader will also find information on the history of flora and vegetation. All papers are internationally refereed by experts in their respective fields.