Biology:Trianthema triquetrum

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Short description: Species of plant

Trianthema triquetrum
Trianthema triquetra.jpg
near Narran Lake Nature Reserve
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Trianthema
Species:
T. triquetrum
Binomial name
Trianthema triquetrum
Synonyms[1]

Trianthema glandulosum Peter
Trianthema glaucifolium F.Muell.
Trianthema sedifolium Vis.

Trianthema triquetrum (orthographic variant Trianthema triquetra) is a plant in the Aizoaceae family, found in the Sahara, the Sahel, South Africa , the Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Indonesia and all the mainland states and territories of Australia ,[1] except Victoria.[2]

It was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1803.[3][4]

The species epithet, triquetrum, is a Latin adjective, which describes the plant as having three corners.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Trianthema triquetrum Willd. ex Spreng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:364863-1. 
  2. A.Prescott (2020). "Trianthema triquetrum". Flora of Australia (Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment). https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Trianthema%20triquetrum. Retrieved 13 July 2021. 
  3. "Trianthema triquetrum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/104169. 
  4. Rottler, J.P. (1803). Botanische Bemerkungen auf der Hin- und Ruckreise von Trankenbar nach Madras, von Herrn Missionair Rottler zu Trankenbar, mit Anmerkungen von Hrn Prof Willdenow. Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Neue Schriften. 4. pp. 181. 
  5. "triquetrus, -a, -um". http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=200569. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15598846 entry