Tiganophytaceae

{{Short description|Family of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Tiganophyton karasense Photo 474711747, no rights reserved.jpeg |image_caption = |grandparent_authority = Swanepoel, F. Forest & A.E. van Wyk<ref name=Swanepoel/> |genus = Tiganophyton |parent_authority = Swanepoel, F.Forest & A.E.van Wyk |species = karasense |authority = Swanepoel, F.Forest & A.E.van Wyk }}

'''Tiganophytaceae''' is a family in the plant order Brassicales, consisting of the sole monotypic genus, '''''Tiganophyton''''', represented by '''''Tiganophyton karasense'''''. The family is endemic to Namibia, occurring in three populations in the arid Karas Region of southern Namibia.<ref name=Swanepoel/> It is one of two families endemic to the Namib desert, the other being Welwitschiaceae. The species, genus and family were unknown prior to 2010 when it was discovered in the Karas Region.<ref name=Swanepoel/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Swanepoel>{{Cite journal|last=Swanepoel|first=Wessel|last2=Chase|first2=Mark Wayne|authorlink2=Mark W. Chase|last3=Christenhusz|first3=Maarten J. M.|authorlink3=Maarten J. M. Christenhusz|last4=Maurin|first4=Olivier|last5=Forest|first5=Félix|last6=van Wyk|first6=Abraham E.|authorlink6=Abraham Erasmus van Wyk|date=2020-04-20|title=From the frying pan: an unusual dwarf shrub from Namibia turns out to be a new brassicalean family|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.439.3.1|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=439|issue=3|pages=171–185|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.439.3.1|issn=1179-3163|doi-access=free}}</ref> }}

Category:Brassicales Category:Brassicales families Category:Monogeneric plant families