Tetrachaete Explained

Tetrachaete is a genus of plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} The origin of the genus name is Greek, from tetra for "four" and chaite, for "bristle."^[3] There is only one known species, Tetrachaete elionuroides, native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen, and Oman.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Ethiopia in 1972

Notes and References

1. Chiovenda, Emilio. 1903. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(1): 28–29, figure 1
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25520498 Tropicos, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00629.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=446280 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.
6. Web site: 'Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 12 August 2014 . 22 February 2015 . 25 July 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040725064953/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/tetracha.htm . dead .
7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-446280 The Plant List, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.