Biology:Tetranema

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Short description: Genus of Plantaginaceae plants

Tetranema
Tetranema roseum - JBM.jpg
Tetranema roseum in bloom
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Russelieae
Genus: Tetranema
Benth.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Allophyton Brandegee

Tetranema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and Central America.[2] There has been some taxonomic debate over its family placement, with Gesneriaceae and Scrophulariaceae having been proposed.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Tetranema evoluta Donn.Sm.
  • Tetranema floribundum Hammel & Grayum
  • Tetranema gamboanum Grayum & Hammel
  • Tetranema megaphyllum (Brandegee) L.O.Williams
  • Tetranema michaelfayanum Christenh.
  • Tetranema roseum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & Steyerm.

References

  1. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 52 (1843)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tetranema Benth.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332007-2. 
  3. Christenhusz, M. J. M. (2010). "Nomenclatural corrections in Mesoamerican Plantaginaceae and a new species of Tetranema from Honduras". Phytotaxa 14: 56–60. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.14.1.5. "Key to the species of Tetranema". 

Wikidata ☰ Q8273844 entry