Tetracoccus (plant)
Tetracoccus | |
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Tetracoccus dioicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Picrodendraceae |
Tribe: | Podocalyceae |
Subtribe: | Tetracoccinae |
Genus: | Tetracoccus Engelm. ex Parry |
Type species | |
Tetracoccus dioicus Parry | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Tetracoccus is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae first described in 1885.[2][3] Its name means, from Greek "four seed" (tetra meaning "four" and kokkos, "kernel, grain"). The genus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[1][4][5][6] Shrubby-spurge is a common name for plants in this genus.[7]
- Species[1]
- Tetracoccus capensis (I.M.Johnst.) Croizat- Baja California Sur
- Tetracoccus dioicus Parry - Baja California, S California (San Diego, Orange, Riverside Cos.)
- Tetracoccus fasciculatus (S.Watson) Croizat - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Puebla), California (Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino Cos.), Nevada (Clark Co.), Arizona (Mohave, La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma Cos.)
- Tetracoccus ilicifolius Coville & Gilman - Death Valley National Park in Inyo County in California
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Parry, Charles Christopher. 1885. West American Scientist 1(3): 13–14
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
- ↑ "Tetracoccus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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