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Tetragonia

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Tetragonia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs.

Stems: Often prostrate or trailing.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Margins entire to undulate. Petiolate (usually). Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, solitary or several in clusters. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or unisexual. Calyx of 3–4(5) sepals, connate at base. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 1 to numerous. Ovary inferior or partly superior, (1–)3–8-celled; ovules 1 per cell; styles (1–)3–8 equal in number to ovary cells.

Fruit: Fruit nut-like or drupaceous. Seeds 1–10; light brown; ± reniform; arils absent.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • A genus of Africa, eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and temperate South America. Name derived from the Greek tetra, four, and gonia, a corner or angle, in reference to the shape of the fruit.
  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 480 (1753)

Other References

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

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