Tetramerium
| Tetramerium | |
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| Tetramerium nervosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Justicieae |
| Genus: | Tetramerium Nees, 1846 |
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Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found mainly in the Americas,[1] especially in tropical dry forests.[2] Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two species (T. polystachyum and T. nervosum) on the journey of HMS Sulphur.[2][3]
Species
There are approximately 60 species in the genus :
- Tetramerium abditum
- Tetramerium angustius
- Tetramerium aureum
- Tetramerium butterwickianum
- Tetramerium calderonii
- Tetramerium coeruleum
- Tetramerium costatum
- Tetramerium crenatum
- Tetramerium denudatum
- Tetramerium diffusum
- Tetramerium emilyanum
- Tetramerium flavum
- Tetramerium fruticosum
- Tetramerium geniculatum
- Tetramerium glandulosum
- Tetramerium glutinosum
- Tetramerium gualanense
- Tetramerium guerrerense
- Tetramerium hillii
- Tetramerium hintonii
- Tetramerium hispidum
- Tetramerium jasminoides
- Tetramerium langlassei
- Tetramerium latifolium
- Tetramerium leptocaule
- Tetramerium macrostachyum
- Tetramerium macvaughii
- Tetramerium mcvaughii
- Tetramerium montevidense
- Tetramerium multiflorum
- Tetramerium nemorum
- Tetramerium nervosum hairy fornwort - cultivated for xeriscapes
- Tetramerium oaxacanum
- Tetramerium obovatum
- Tetramerium ochoterenae
- Tetramerium occidentale
- Tetramerium odoratissimum
- Tetramerium oleaefolium
- Tetramerium ovalifolium
- Tetramerium ovatum
- Tetramerium paniculatum
- Tetramerium peruvianum
- Tetramerium platystegium
- Tetramerium polystachyum
- Tetramerium racemulosum
- Tetramerium rubrum
- Tetramerium rzedowskii
- Tetramerium sagasteguianum
- Tetramerium scabrum
- Tetramerium scorpioides
- Tetramerium sessilifolium
- Tetramerium standleyi
- Tetramerium stipulaceum
- Tetramerium surcubambense
- Tetramerium tenuissimum
- Tetramerium tetramerioides
- Tetramerium torreyella
- Tetramerium wasshausenii
- Tetramerium yaquianum
- Tetramerium zeta
References
- ^ Daniel, T. F.; McDade, L. A.; Manktelow, M. & Kiel, C. A. (2008). "The "Tetramerium Lineage" (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae): Delimitation and intra-lineage relationships based on cp and nrlTS sequence data" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 416–436. doi:10.1600/036364408784571581. S2CID 85891790.
- ^ a b Daniel, T. F. (1986). "Systematics of Tetramerium (Acanthaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs: 1–134. doi:10.2307/25027630. JSTOR 25027630.
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck; C. G. (1846). "Acanthaceae". In G. Bentham (ed.). The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur. London: Smith, Elder and Co. pp. 145–149.
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