Tetralix

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Grewieae
Genus: Tetralix
Species: T. brachypetalus – T. cristalensis – T. jaucoensis – T. moaensis – T. nipensis
Name

Tetralix Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 8. (1866) nom. cons.

Type species: Tetralix brachypetalus Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 9 (1866)

Homonyms

Tetralix Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 18. (1762) nom. illeg. hom. unplaced Asteraceae
Tetralix Zinn, Cat. Pl. Gott. 202. (1757); cf. Sprague in Kew Bull. 1934, 219:. nom. rej. vide Erica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 352 (1753) (Ericaceae)

References

Grisebach, A.H. 1866. Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tetralix in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Tetralix. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tetralix. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 26 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Tetralix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Dec. 2020.

Tetralix is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Cuba. Adapted to serpentine soils, they are nickel hyperaccumulators.[2]
Species

Currently accepted species include:

Tetralix brachypetalus Griseb.
Tetralix cristalensis Bisse
Tetralix jaucoensis Bisse
Tetralix moaensis Bisse
Tetralix nipensis Urb.

References

Cat. Pl. Cub.: 8 (1866)
Kazakou, E.; Dimitrakopoulos, P. G.; Baker, A. J. M.; Reeves, R. D.; Troumbis, A. Y. (2008). "Hypotheses, mechanisms and trade-offs of tolerance and adaptation to serpentine soils: From species to ecosystem level". Biological Reviews. 83 (4): 495–508. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00051.x. PMID 18823392. S2CID 205599018.