Tetrapogon

Tetrapogon
	Tetrapogon villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae / Gramineae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Tetrapogon; Desf.
Type species
	Tetrapogon villosus; Desf.
Synonyms
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
^ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
^ The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

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[g-1] 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

[CRC-4] 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

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