2403.000 Tetragonia L.

Gonçalves, M.L. (1978) Tetragoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, often papillose. Leaves alternate, ± succulent. Stipules 0. Flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate, greenish or yellowish, mostly bisexual. Perianth 3-5-lobed. Stamens 3-many. Ovary semi-inferior or inferior, 2-8-locular; styles as many as loculi. Ovule pendulous, 1 per loculus. Fruit hard, indehiscent, winged, spiny or (in ours) horned. Seeds solitary.

Worldwide: 85 species in tropical and warm regions of the world; c. 40 species in southern Africa

Botswana: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
calycina Fenzl
spicata L. f. var. spicata

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Flora of Mozambique: Tetragonia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Tetragonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tetragonia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tetragonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tetragonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tetragonia
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iNaturalist: Tetragonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tetragonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tetragonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tetragonia
Plants of the World Online: Tetragonia
Tropicos: Tetragonia
Wikipedia: Tetragonia