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Tetraena
Sign in to saveTetraena is a possible genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, subfamily Zygophylloideae. , Plants of the World Online and the World Flora Online accepted it as a synonym of Zygophyllum.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Tetraena, and connects out to Wikidata, Angiosperms and family.
It sits within the topics Historically recognized angiosperm genera, Taxa named by Karl Maximovich and Zygophylloideae.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderZygophyllales
- FamilyZygophyllaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Collections
- BRIT
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Pakistan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Yaiza La Hoya - LZ-703 - Laguna de Janubio - Zygophyllum fontanesii 06 ies.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tetraena
- taxon name
- Tetraena
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tetraena
- Commons gallery
- Tetraena
- taxon common name
- 四合木属
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Former species
- References
Tetraena is a possible genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, subfamily Zygophylloideae. , Plants of the World Online and the World Flora Online accepted it as a synonym of Zygophyllum.
==Description== Species formerly placed in Tetraena are shrubby or herbaceous, the tallest being around . The leaves are opposite, or sometimes borne on short shoots and then appearing to be alternate. They may or may not have stalks (petioles). The flower usually has five petals and five sepals, rarely four, and ten stamens. The flower is usually tube-like in appearance with white to pale orange petals. The ovary has three to five chambers (locules). The ripe fruit is variable in shape, splitting into parts before releasing the seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetraena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.