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Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found mainly in the
Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...
, especially in
tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
dry forests.
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He de ...
first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two species (''T. polystachyum'' and ''T. nervosum'') on the journey of .


Species

There are approximately 60 species in the genus : * '' Tetramerium abditum'' * '' Tetramerium angustius'' * '' Tetramerium aureum'' * '' Tetramerium butterwickianum'' * '' Tetramerium calderonii'' * '' Tetramerium coeruleum'' * '' Tetramerium costatum'' * '' Tetramerium crenatum'' * '' Tetramerium denudatum'' * '' Tetramerium diffusum'' * '' Tetramerium emilyanum'' * '' Tetramerium flavum'' * ''
Tetramerium fruticosum Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found mainly in the Americas, especially in tropical dry forests. Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 Febru ...
'' * '' Tetramerium geniculatum'' * '' Tetramerium glandulosum'' * '' Tetramerium glutinosum'' * '' Tetramerium gualanense'' * '' Tetramerium guerrerense'' * '' Tetramerium hillii'' * '' Tetramerium hintonii'' * '' Tetramerium hispidum'' * '' Tetramerium jasminoides'' * '' Tetramerium langlassei'' * '' Tetramerium latifolium'' * '' Tetramerium leptocaule'' * '' Tetramerium macrostachyum'' * '' Tetramerium macvaughii'' * '' Tetramerium mcvaughii'' * '' Tetramerium montevidense'' * '' Tetramerium multiflorum'' * '' Tetramerium nemorum'' * '' Tetramerium nervosum'' * '' Tetramerium oaxacanum'' * '' Tetramerium obovatum'' * '' Tetramerium ochoterenae'' * '' Tetramerium occidentale'' * '' Tetramerium odoratissimum'' * '' Tetramerium oleaefolium'' * '' Tetramerium ovalifolium'' * '' Tetramerium ovatum'' * '' Tetramerium paniculatum'' * '' Tetramerium peruvianum'' * '' Tetramerium platystegium'' * '' Tetramerium polystachyum'' * '' Tetramerium racemulosum'' * '' Tetramerium rubrum'' * '' Tetramerium rzedowskii'' * '' Tetramerium sagasteguianum'' * '' Tetramerium scabrum'' * '' Tetramerium scorpioides'' * '' Tetramerium sessilifolium'' * '' Tetramerium standleyi'' * '' Tetramerium stipulaceum'' * '' Tetramerium surcubambense'' * '' Tetramerium tenuissimum'' * '' Tetramerium tetramerioides'' * '' Tetramerium torreyella'' * '' Tetramerium wasshausenii'' * '' Tetramerium yaquianum'' * '' Tetramerium zeta''


References


External links


Tetramerium on mobot.org

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
Acanthaceae Acanthaceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Acanthaceae-stub