Tetrapogon

Tetrapogon roxburghiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Tetrapogon
Species: T. bidentatus – T. brandegeei – T. cenchriformis – T. chlorideus – T. fasciculatus – T. ferrugineus – T. pleiostachyus – T. roxburghiana – T. tenellus – T. villosus

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tetrapogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page.

Name

Tetrapogon Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 388 (1799)

• Type species: Tetrapogon villosus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 388 (1799)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Codonachne Wight & Arn. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 393 (1840).
  • Lepidopironia A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 442 (1850).
  • Cryptochloris Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t (1376) (1882).
  • Saugetia Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 18: 378 (1917).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenista Regional: Indian subcontinenet Banglades, India, West Himalaya Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotran, Yemen Regional: Western Asia Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Egypt, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Burkina, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Macaronesia Canary Is., Cape Verde Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Texas Regional: Mexxico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798–1799. Flora Atlantica: sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus secundus. 458 pp., pl. 121–261, Paris, Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. : 2: 388, pl. 256. BHL

Additional references

• WCVP . Tetrapogon in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31 . Reference page. 
• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 445–467. DOI: 10.12705/643.5 Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Tetrapogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tetrapogon. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013.
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Tetrapogon. Published online. Accessed: 2013 May 13.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Tetrapogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2016.

Vernacular names

العربية: چمن چهارپر
suomi: Kolkkatähkät
עברית: ארבעוני
മലയാളം: ടെട്രാപോഗൺ

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