Tetroncium

Tetroncium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Alismatales
Family:Juncaginaceae
Genus:Tetroncium
Willd.
Species: T. magellanicum
Binomial name
Tetroncium magellanicum
Synonyms[1]
  • Cathanthes Rich.
  • Triglochin magellanica Vahl ex Kunth
  • Triglochin reflexa Vahl. ex Kunth

Tetroncium is a genus of plants in the Juncaginaceae described as a genus in 1808.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Tetroncium magellanicum, known from a few sub-Antarctic islands: Tierra Del Fuego (Chile and Argentina), Falkland Islands, and Gough Island.[1][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1808. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 2: 17
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Tetroncium Willd.
  4. ↑ Moore, D. M. 1974. Plantas vasculares nativas de Tierra del Fuego. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia: Serie Ciencias Naturales, Punta Arenas (Chile) 5(142): 107–119
  5. ↑ Dudley, T. R. 1981. Notas taxonómicas y de nomenclatura sobre la Flora de Islas de los Estados, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Rhodora 83: 477–579
  6. ↑ Moore, D. M. 1965. Some recent records of native and alien flowering plants from the Falkland Islands. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin 7: 29–35.


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