Tetraria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Schoeneae
Genus: Tetraria
Species: T. arundinacea – T. australiensis – T. borneensis – T. bromoides – T. burmanni – T. capillacea – T. capillaris – T. comosa – T. compressa – T. crinifolia – T. eximia – T. fasciata – T. ferruginea – T. fimbriolata – T. flexuosa – T. fourcadei – T. involucrata – T. ligulata – T. macowaniana – T. maculata – T. microcarpa – T. microstachys – T. mlanjensis – T. nigrovaginata – T. octandra – T. pillansii – T. pleosticha – T. pubescens – T. pygmaea – T. robusta – T. scariosa – T. secans – T. spiralis – T. stagnalis – T. sylvatica – T. thermalis – T. triangularis – T. usambarensis – T. ustulata – T. vaginata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tetraria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 24. Reference page.

Name

Tetraria P.Beauv., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 13(2): 54 (1812 publ. 1816) nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Tetraria thermalis (L.) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 663. (1894)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Schoenopsis P.Beauv. in T.G.Lestiboudois, Essai Cypér.: 34 (1819)
Lepisia C.Presl, Lepisia: 1 (1829)
Trichoballia C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 9 (1830)
Elynanthus Nees, Linnaea 7: 520 (1832), nom. illeg.
Sclerochaetium Nees, Linnaea 7: 511 (1832)
Aulacorhynchus Nees, Linnaea 9: 305 (1834)
Ideleria Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 310 (1837)
Macrochaetium Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 159 (1855)
Decalepis Boeckeler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 509 (1884)
Boeckeleria T.Durand, Index Gen. Phan.: 504 (1888)
Tetrariopsis C.B.Clarke, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 45 (1908)

References
Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1816. Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France 1812(2): 54

Additional references

Larridon, I., Verboom, G.A. & Muasya, A.M. 2017. (2555) Proposal to conserve the name Tetraria (Cyperaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 66(5): 1226–1227. DOI: 10.12705/665.22.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tetraria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Tetraria. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tetraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 12.