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Tetragonia
''Tetragonia'' is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern Africa and South America. Description Plants of the genus ''Tetragonia'' are herbs or small shrubs. Leaves are alternate and succulent, with flowers typically yellow and small in size. Flowers can be axillary, solitary or fasciculate, greenish or yellowish in colour and mostly bisexual. Fruit are initially succulent but become dry and woody with age. The genus name comes from ''"tetragonus"'', meaning ''"four-angled"'' and referring to the shape of the plants' fruits. Distribution About forty species of ''Tetragonia'' are found in southern Africa. They also occur in southern Australia. Classification The genus was first formally described by the botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in the work ''Species Plantarum''. Synonyms for the genus include ''Tetragonocarpos'' Mill., ''Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetragonia Maritima
''Tetragonia'' is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern Africa and South America. Description Plants of the genus ''Tetragonia'' are herbs or small shrubs. Leaves are alternate and succulent, with flowers typically yellow and small in size. Flowers can be axillary, solitary or fasciculate, greenish or yellowish in colour and mostly bisexual. Fruit are initially succulent but become dry and woody with age. The genus name comes from ''"tetragonus"'', meaning ''"four-angled"'' and referring to the shape of the plants' fruits. Distribution About forty species of ''Tetragonia'' are found in southern Africa. They also occur in southern Australia. Classification The genus was first formally described by the botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in the work ''Species Plantarum''. Synonyms for the genus include ''Tetragonocarpos'' Mill., ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |