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Tetradenia Benth.
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Tetradenia is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae family, first described in 1830. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.[1]
- Species[1]
- Tetradenia bainesii (N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia barberae (N.E.Br.) Codd - Cape Province
- Tetradenia brevispicata (N.E.Br.) Codd - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal
- Tetradenia clementiana Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia cordata Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia discolor Phillipson - Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania
- Tetradenia falafa Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia fruticosa Benth. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia galpinii (N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - southeast Africa from Tanzania to Swaziland
- Tetradenia goudotii Briq. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia herbacea Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia hildeana Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia isaloensis Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia kaokoensis van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk - Namibia
- Tetradenia multiflora (Benth.) Phillipson - Ethiopia
- Tetradenia nervosa Codd - Madagascar
- Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd - southern Africa from Angola + Malawi to Swaziland
- Tetradenia tanganyikae Phillipson - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
- Tetradenia tuberosa T.J.Edwards - KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia urticifolia (Baker) Phillipson - eastern + central Africa from Sudan + Eritrea south to Zaire and Tanzania
References[edit]
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Rights holder/Author | Wikipedia |
Source | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tetradenia&oldid=625378527 |
Soft shrubs or small trees, usually ± leafless at flowering, with brittle or semi-succulent stems. Leaves often semi-succulent, crenate-dentate, aromatic. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, the ultimate branches spike-like; bracts small, ovate-triangular. Flowers functionally unisexual, in whorls of 4-10, mauve or whitish. Calyx minute, campanulate, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes often emarginate or 2-fid, giving the calyx a 5-lobed appearance. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped with 4-lobed limb; the upper lobe emarginate or 2-fid so that the corolla also may appear to have 5 lobes. Stamens 4 or 0 in female flowers. Style exserted.
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1225 |
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:4
Specimens with Sequences:5
Specimens with Barcodes:3
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:3
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0