Tetramerium Explained
Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found in the Americas,[1] ranging from the southwestern United States to Bolivia, especially in tropical dry forests.[2] Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two species (T. polystachyum and T. nervosum) on the journey of .[3]
Species
30 species are accepted.
- Tetramerium abditum
- Tetramerium aureum
- Tetramerium butterwickianum
- Tetramerium carranzae
- Tetramerium crenatum
- Tetramerium denudatum
- Tetramerium diffusum
- Tetramerium emilyanum
- Tetramerium fruticosum
- Tetramerium glandulosum
- Tetramerium glutinosum
- Tetramerium guerrerense
- Tetramerium langlassei
- Tetramerium mcvaughii
- Tetramerium nemorum
- Tetramerium nervosum – hairy fornwort - cultivated for xeriscapes
- Tetramerium oaxacanum
- Tetramerium obovatum
- Tetramerium ochoterenae
- Tetramerium peruvianum
- Tetramerium rubrum
- Tetramerium rzedowskii
- Tetramerium sagasteguianum
- Tetramerium surcubambense
- Tetramerium tenuissimum
- Tetramerium tetramerioides
- Tetramerium vargasiae
- Tetramerium wasshausenii
- Tetramerium yaquianum
- Tetramerium zeta
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Notes and References
- Daniel, T. F. . McDade, L. A. . Manktelow, M. . Kiel, C. A. . amp . 2008 . The "Tetramerium Lineage" (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae): Delimitation and intra-lineage relationships based on cp and nrlTS sequence data . Systematic Botany . 33 . 2 . 416–436 . 10.1600/036364408784571581. 85891790 .
- Daniel, T. F. . 1986 . Systematics of Tetramerium (Acanthaceae) . Systematic Botany Monographs . 12 . 1–134. 10.2307/25027630 . 25027630 .
- Book: Nees von Esenbeck . C. G. . 1846 . Acanthaceae . The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur . G. Bentham . 145–149 . London . Smith, Elder and Co. .
