Tetranema

Tetranema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and Central America.[2] There has been some taxonomic debate over its family placement, with Gesneriaceae and Scrophulariaceae having been proposed.[3]

Tetranema
Tetranema roseum in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Russelieae
Genus: Tetranema
Benth.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Allophyton Brandegee

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Tetranema evoluta Donn.Sm.
  • Tetranema floribundum Hammel & Grayum
  • Tetranema gamboanum Grayum & Hammel
  • Tetranema megaphyllum (Brandegee) L.O.Williams
  • Tetranema michaelfayanum Christenh.
  • Tetranema roseum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & Steyerm.

References

  1. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 52 (1843)
  2. "Tetranema Benth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. Christenhusz, M. J. M. (2010). "Nomenclatural corrections in Mesoamerican Plantaginaceae and a new species of Tetranema from Honduras". Phytotaxa. 14: 56–60. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.14.1.5. hdl:10138/28043. Key to the species of Tetranema
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