See text Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae.

The genus is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia, Australia, and North and South America.

[1] Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, Zygophyllum was not monophyletic, and the genus was split among a number of other genera, including Augea, Fagonia, Roepera and Tetraena.

[4] As of February 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepted only Roepera of these genera, regarding Augea, Fagonia and Tetraena as synonyms of Zygophyllum.

[1] As of April 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 117 species (including those other sources place in Augea, Fagonia and Tetraena):[1] Media related to Zygophyllum at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Zygophyllum at Wikispecies