''Tetrorchidium'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

first described in 1841. It is native to tropical portions of Africa and the Western Hemisphere.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Murillo-A., J.C. (2009). El género ''Tetrorchidium'' (Euphorbiaceae) en Colombia y Ecuador. Caldasia 31: 213-225. ;Species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7706835 Adenoclineae Euphorbiaceae genera Taxa named by Eduard Friedrich Poeppig