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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a single terminal raceme or pair of racemes. Spikelets several-flowered, alternate in 2 rows, disarticulating above the glumes but not between the florets; lower 1-5(-7) florets fertile, the remainder progressively smaller and sterile. Glumes persistent, membranous, a little shorter than the lemmas. Lemmas 3-nerved, coriaceous, usually cilate on the lateral nerves, entire or 2-toothed at apex, with a subapical awn.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tetrapogon Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=174
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Tetrapogon

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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]

Species[1][6][7]
formerly included[1]

see Chloris

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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.
  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
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Tetrapogon: Brief Summary

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Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.

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. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India.

Species 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

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Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mossambicensis Tetrapogon tetrastachys - Chloris montana
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