Tetrapogon

Tetrapogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae / Gramineae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Tetrapogon
Desf.
Type species
Tetrapogon villosus
Desf.
Synonyms[1]

Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.[2][3][4]

The name Tetrapogon derives from the Greek roots tetra- and pogon, meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant.[4] The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India.[4][5]

Species[1][6][7]
  1. Tetrapogon bidentatus Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya
  2. Tetrapogon cenchriformis (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
  3. Tetrapogon ferrugineus (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
  4. Tetrapogon tenellus Chiov. - India
  5. Tetrapogon tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga
  6. Tetrapogon villosus Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda
formerly included[1]

see Chloris

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
  3. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Umberto Quattrocchi (2006). "Tetrapogon Desf.". CRC world dictionary of grasses: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. pp. 2197–2198. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
  5. Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
  6. The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
  7. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora