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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile

Desert date

Zygophyllaceae 169 76 Observations

Fagonia arabica L.

 

Zygophyllaceae 49 22 Observations

Fagonia bruguieri DC.

اسفند رومی

Zygophyllaceae 9 4 Observations

Fagonia cretica L.

Virgin’s mantle

Zygophyllaceae 493 332 Observations

Fagonia glutinosa Delile

 

Zygophyllaceae 15 7 Observations

Fagonia harpago Emb. & Maire

 

Zygophyllaceae 5 1 Observation

Fagonia latifolia Delile

 

Zygophyllaceae 29 13 Observations

Fagonia longispina Batt.

 

Zygophyllaceae 1 1 Observation

Fagonia mollis Delile

 

Zygophyllaceae 3 3 Observations

Fagonia zilloides Humbert

اسپند رومی

Zygophyllaceae 39 6 Observations

Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock

 

Zygophyllaceae 31 22 Observations

Tetraena dumosa (Boiss.) Beier & Thulin

 

Zygophyllaceae 4 1 Observation

Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin

 

Zygophyllaceae 215 127 Observations

Tetraena gaetula (Emb. & Maire) Beier & Thulin

 

Zygophyllaceae 40 23 Observations

Tetraena simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin

 

Zygophyllaceae 35 13 Observations

Tribulus pentandrus Forssk.

Caltrop

Zygophyllaceae 29 15 Observations

Tribulus terrestris L.

Goathead

Zygophyllaceae 1,600 1,114 Observations

Zygophyllum fabago L.

Syrian Bean-caper

Zygophyllaceae 375 237 Observations