Tetrachyron

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Tetrachyron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Verbesininae
Genus: Tetrachyron
Schltdl.
Type species
Tetrachyron manicatum [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • TephrocaleaA.Gray
  • Calea sect. Tetrachyron(Schltdl.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Calea subg. Tephrocalea(A.Gray) B.L.Rob. & Greenm.

Tetrachyron is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. [1] [3] [4]

Species [2] [5] [6] [7]
formerly included [2]

see Calea

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References

  1. 1 2 Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von . 1847. Linnaea 19: 744-746 in Latin
  2. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Tetrachyron Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  3. Tropicos, Tetrachyron Schltdl.
  4. Wussow, J. R. & L. E. Urbatsch. 1979 [1980]. A systematic study of the genus Tetrachyron (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 4(4): 297–318
  5. The Plant List search for Tetrachyron
  6. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F.
  7. Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco