Caltrop family
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE in Australia
including Balanitaceae, Nitrariaceae, Peganaceae, Tetradiclidaceae, and Tribulaceae.
ROSIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
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Christine Ashe
  
link to
Flowers in Australia

Tribulus cistoides
Goat’s Head Burr
Magnetic Island
Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson
Tribulus terrestris
Caltrop
Uluru, December 2008
Zygophyllum apiculatum
Common Twinleaf
Sydney, August 2006

Zygophyllum aurantiacum
Shrubby Twinleaf
Wyee, July 2009

Caterpillars of some Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in ZYGOPHYLLACEAE for their foodplant, including:


Zizeeria karsandra

Achaea janata

Hyles livornicoides

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(updated 11 January 2012)