Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Aizoaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tetragonia L., Sp. Pl. 480 (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Tetragonella Miq. in Lehmann, Pl. Preiss.1, 245 (1848)
Type Taxon:
Tetragonia implexicoma (Miq.) Hook.f.
 Description

Fls with calyx tube adnate to ovary, often produced, 3–5-lobed; petals 0; stamens 1-many. Ovary 2–8-celled; styles as many as cells. Fr. globose to turbinate, endocarp hard, mesocarp fleshy or not. Herbs or subshrubs with trailing to erect stems; lvs alt., ± succulent.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Tetragonia L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)2
Total2
 Bibliography
Heenan, P.B. 2022: Taxonomy with an absence of evidence results in unnecessary nomenclatural change: the case of Tetragonia trigyna Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. (Aizoaceae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 60(2): 169–138. (Published online: 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2021.1955715))
Lehmann, J.G.C. 1844–1845: Plantae Preissianae sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841; collegit Ludovicus Preiss. Partim ab aliis partim a se ipso determinatas descriptas illustratas edidit Christianus Lehmann. Vol. 1. Meissner, Hamburg.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.