Biology:Tetrapogon

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Tetrapogon
Flora Atlantica, sive, Historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt (Plate 255) (9301080280).jpg
Tetrapogon villosus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Tetrapogon
Desf.
Type species
Tetrapogon villosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Codonachne Steud.
  • Cryptochloris Benth.
  • Lepidopironia A. Rich.

Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.[2][3][4]

The name Tetrapogon derives from the Greek roots tetra- and pogon, meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant.[4] The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India .[4][5]

Species[1][6][7]
  • Tetrapogon bidentatus Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya
  • Tetrapogon cenchriformis (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
  • Tetrapogon ferrugineus (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
  • Tetrapogon tenellus Chiov. - India
  • Tetrapogon tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga
  • Tetrapogon villosus Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda
formerly included[1]

see Chloris

  • Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata
  • Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mossambicensis
  • Tetrapogon tetrastachys - Chloris montana

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
  3. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Umberto Quattrocchi (2006). "Tetrapogon Desf.". CRC world dictionary of grasses: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. pp. 2197–2198. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5. 
  5. Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
  6. The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
  7. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

Wikidata ☰ Q1872068 entry