Tetrapogon
| Tetrapogon | |
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| Tetrapogon villosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Tetrapogon Desf. |
| Type species | |
| Tetrapogon villosus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- Tetrapogon bidentatus Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya
- Tetrapogon cenchriformis (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
- Tetrapogon ferrugineus (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
- Tetrapogon tenellus Chiov. - India
- Tetrapogon tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga
- Tetrapogon villosus Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda
- formerly included[1]
see Chloris
- Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata
- Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mossambicensis
- Tetrapogon tetrastachys - Chloris montana
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
- ^ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
- ^ The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora