{{Short description|Genus of plants in the amaranth family}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Sympegma |authority = Bunge<ref>Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 25: 371 (1879)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = }}

'''''Sympegma''''' are a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, native to temperate Asia. Woody subshrubs, they are often the dominant species in the high (1,800 to 2,200{{nbsp}}m) alkaline deserts in which they live.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-59135-3_12 |chapter=Vegetation and Environment |title=Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments |year=2017 |last1=Abd El-Ghani |first1=Monier M. |last2=Huerta-Martínez |first2=Francisco Martín |last3=Hongyan |first3=Liu |last4=Qureshi |first4=Rahmatullah |pages=537–544 |isbn=978-3-319-59134-6 }}</ref>

==Species== Currently accepted species include:

*''Sympegma elegans'' <small>G.L.Chu</small> *''Sympegma regelii'' <small>Bunge</small>

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Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Amaranthaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Alexander von Bunge