Tribulus Linnaeus 1753 (puncture vine)
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Angiospermae - Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Zygophyllaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Balanites, Balanitocarpum, Fagonia, Guaiacum, Zygophyllocarpum
Subtaxa: Tribulus cistoides Tribulus lanuginosus Tribulus maximus Tribulus terrestris
Type: Tribulus terrestris
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (3 collections), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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