Nitrariaceae

E136617

Nitrariaceae is a small family of flowering plants, mostly shrubs and small trees, known for their adaptation to arid and saline environments and for including genera such as Nitraria and Peganum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nitrariaceae canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf angiosperm family ⓘ
plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation drought tolerance ⓘ
salt tolerance ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Eudicots ⓘ
containsSecondaryMetabolites alkaloids ⓘ
describedAs small family of flowering plants ⓘ
distribution Australia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
ecologicalRole halophytes ⓘ
xerophytes ⓘ
economicUse forage in arid regions ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ
flowerSymmetry actinomorphic ⓘ
flowerType bisexual flowers ⓘ
fruitType berry ⓘ
capsule ⓘ
growthForm shrubs ⓘ
small trees ⓘ
habitatAdaptation arid environments ⓘ
saline environments ⓘ
includesGenus Aphanocarpus ⓘ
Malacocarpus ⓘ
Nitraria ⓘ
Peganum ⓘ
Tetradiclis ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement alternate leaves ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
notableGenus Nitraria retusa ⓘ
linked to: Nitraria

Peganum harmala ⓘ
order Sapindales ⓘ
ovaryPosition superior ovary ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
previousClassification Zygophyllaceae sensu lato ⓘ
linked to: Zygophyllaceae
recognizedBy APG III system ⓘ
APG IV system ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Nitraria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sapindales → contains → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Aphanocarpus → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Aphanocarpus → belongsToFamily → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Nitraria → parentTaxon → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Nitraria → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Peganum → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Tetradiclis → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Tetradiclis → isPartOf → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Tetradiclis → belongsTo → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Malacocarpus → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Malacocarpus → belongsTo → Nitrariaceae ⓘ
Peganum harmala → family → Nitrariaceae ⓘ