Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...
. 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 :
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Tetramerium abditum''
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Tetramerium angustius''
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Tetramerium aureum''
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Tetramerium butterwickianum''
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Tetramerium calderonii''
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Tetramerium coeruleum''
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Tetramerium costatum''
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Tetramerium crenatum''
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Tetramerium denudatum''
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Tetramerium diffusum''
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Tetramerium emilyanum''
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Tetramerium flavum''
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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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium geniculatum''
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Tetramerium glandulosum''
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Tetramerium glutinosum''
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Tetramerium gualanense
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium guerrerense
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium hillii
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium hintonii
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium hispidum
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium jasminoides
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium langlassei
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium latifolium
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium leptocaule
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium macrostachyum
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium macvaughii
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 first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two spe ...
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Tetramerium mcvaughii''
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Tetramerium montevidense''
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Tetramerium multiflorum''
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Tetramerium nemorum''
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Tetramerium nervosum
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 Februa ...
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Tetramerium oaxacanum''
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Tetramerium obovatum''
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Tetramerium ochoterenae''
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Tetramerium occidentale''
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Tetramerium odoratissimum''
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Tetramerium oleaefolium''
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Tetramerium ovalifolium''
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Tetramerium ovatum''
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Tetramerium paniculatum''
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Tetramerium peruvianum''
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Tetramerium platystegium''
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Tetramerium polystachyum''
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Tetramerium racemulosum''
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Tetramerium rubrum''
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Tetramerium rzedowskii''
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Tetramerium sagasteguianum''
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Tetramerium scabrum''
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Tetramerium scorpioides''
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Tetramerium sessilifolium''
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Tetramerium standleyi''
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Tetramerium stipulaceum''
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Tetramerium surcubambense''
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Tetramerium tenuissimum''
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Tetramerium tetramerioides''
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Tetramerium torreyella''
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Tetramerium wasshausenii''
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Tetramerium yaquianum''
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Tetramerium zeta''
References
External links
Tetramerium on mobot.orgGermplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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