Tetroncium Explained

Tetroncium is a genus of plants in the Juncaginaceae described as a genus in 1808.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Tetroncium magellanicum, known from a few sub-Antarctic islands: Tierra Del Fuego (Chile and Argentina), Falkland Islands, and Gough Island.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The plant got the name magellanicum because the original description was describing the sample found near the Strait of Magellan.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1808. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 2: 17
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012431 Tropicos, Tetroncium Willd.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=308870 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Moore, D. M. 1974. Plantas vasculares nativas de Tierra del Fuego. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Serie Ciencias Naturales, Punta Arenas (Chile) 5(142): 107–119
5. Dudley, T. R. 1981. Notas taxonómicas y de nomenclatura sobre la Flora de Islas de los Estados, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Rhodora 83: 477–579
6. Moore, D. M. 1965. Some recent records of native and alien flowering plants from the Falkland Islands. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin 7: 29–35.
7. Tetroncium and its only species, T. magellanicum (Juncaginaceae): Distribution, ecology and lectotypification . 10.3372/wi.43.43102. 2013 . Mering . Sabine von . Willdenowia . 43 . 13–24 . 84914061 . free .