Tiganophytaceae is a family in the plant order

Brassicales The Brassicales (or Cruciales) are an order (biology), order of flowering plants, belonging to the malvid group of eudicotyledons under the APG IV system. Well-known members of Brassicales include cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprout, broccoli, ...

, consisting of the sole

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus, ''Tiganophyton'', represented by ''Tiganophyton karasense''. The family is endemic to

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

, occurring in the arid

Karas Region Karas may refer to: Places * Karas Region, Namibia * Karaš River, a river in Serbia and Romania () * Karas Island, an island in Sebakor Bay, West Papua, Indonesia * Karaś, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village in north-central Poland * Kar ...

of southern Namibia.

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