Biology:Tetraria

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Short description: Genus of grass-like plants

Tetraria
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Tetraria octandra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Tetraria
P.Beauv. (1812 publ. 1816)[1][2]
Species[3]

40; see text

Synonyms[3]
  • Aulacorhynchus' Nees (1834)
  • Boeckeleria T.Durand (1888)
  • Decalepis Boeckeler (1884)
  • Elynanthus Nees (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Ideleria Kunth (1837)
  • Lepisia C.Presl (1829)
  • Macrochaetium Steud. (1855)
  • Schoenopsis P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. (1819)
  • Sclerochaetium Nees (1832)
  • Tetrariopsis C.B.Clarke (1908)
  • Trichoballia C.Presl (1829)

Tetraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa , Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.[3]

The type species is Tetraria compar (L.) P.Beauv.[4]

Recent molecular work has shown that Tetraria is polyphyletic and in need of revision.[5][6]

Description

Tetraria are perennial herbs, with generally few nodes.[7] The leaves are conspicuously sheathed with flat or incurved blades.[7] The inflorescence is usually a narrow panicle, with the flowers being bisexual, the lower flowers being male, and there are generally three stamens and three stigmas.[7] The fruit (a nutlet) is generally trigonous and often retains its style as a beak or crown.[7]

List of species

40 species are currently accepted by Plants of the World Online:[3]

  • Tetraria arundinacea (Sol. ex Vahl) T.Koyama
  • Tetraria borneensis J.Kern
  • Tetraria breviseta (J.Raynal) Larridon
  • Tetraria bromoides (Lam.) H.Pfeiff.
  • Tetraria burmanni (Vahl) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria capillacea (Thunb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria cernua (Levyns) Larridon
  • Tetraria comosa (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama
  • Tetraria compressa Turrill
  • Tetraria crinifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria eximia C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria fasciata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria ferruginea C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria fimbriolata (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria flexuosa (Thunb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria fourcadei Turrill & Schönland
  • Tetraria involucrata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria macowaniana B.L.Burtt
  • Tetraria maculata Schönland & Turrill
  • Tetraria microstachys (Vahl) H.Pfeiff.
  • Tetraria mlanjensis J.Raynal
  • Tetraria nigrovaginata (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria pilisepala (Steud.) Larridon
  • Tetraria pillansii Levyns
  • Tetraria pleosticha C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria pubescens Schönland & Turrill
  • Tetraria pygmaea Levyns
  • Tetraria raynaliana Larridon
  • Tetraria robusta (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria scariosa Kük.
  • Tetraria secans C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria setacea (J.Raynal) Larridon
  • Tetraria spiralis (Hochst.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria stagnalis (Däniker) T.Koyama
  • Tetraria sylvestris (J.Raynal) Larridon
  • Tetraria thermalis (L.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria triangularis (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria usambarensis K.Schum.
  • Tetraria ustulata (L.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tetraria vaginata Schönland & Turrill

References

  1. "IPNI Tetraria". International Plant Name Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=14052-1. Retrieved 1 August 2018. 
  2. Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques de l'Institut de France 13(2) 54
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Govaerts, R. et al. (2023) "Plants of the world online Tetraria". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14052-1. Retrieved 11 November 2023. 
  4. Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. in Lestiboudois, T. (1819) Essai sur la famille des cypéracées p.36.
  5. Elliott, T.L.; Muasya, A.M. (2017). "Taxonomic realignment in the southern African Tetraria (Cyperaceae, tribe Schoeneae; Schoenus clade)". South African Journal of Botany 112: 354–360. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.011. ISSN 0254-6299. 
  6. Viljoen, J.-A.; Muasya, A.M.; Barrett, R.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Gibbs, A.K.; Slingsby, J.A.; Wilson, K.L.; Verboom, G.A. (2013). "Radiation and repeated transoceanic dispersal of Schoeneae (Cyperaceae) through the southern hemisphere". American Journal of Botany 100 (12): 2494–2508. doi:10.3732/ajb.1300105. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 24302693. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Hoenselaar, K. et al. (2010) Flora of Tropical East Africa. (Cyperaceae)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4677370 entry