Tetroncium

Tetroncium magellanicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Juncaginaceae
Genus: Tetroncium
Species: T. magellanicum

Name

Tetroncium Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 17 (1808)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cathanthes Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 365 (1815)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Falkland Is., Tristan da Cunha References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. von 1808. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 2: 17.

Additional references

• Mering, S. v. & Kadereit, J.W. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics and recircumscription of Juncaginaceae – a cosmopolitan wetland family. pp. 55–79 in Seberg, O. (ed.): Diversity, Phylogeny, and Evolution in the Monocotyledons. proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons and the Fifth International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, Denmark, ISBN 978-87-7934-398-6. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Tetroncium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Tetroncium. Published online. Accessed Nov. 22 2014.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Tetroncium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 22 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

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