Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
Australia
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Tetraria compar
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is '' Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetr ...
'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetraria'' is polyphyletic and in need of revision.
Description
''Tetraria'' are perennial herbs, with generally few nodes. The leaves are conspicuously sheathed with flat or incurved blades. The inflorescence is usually a narrow panicle, with the flowers being bisexual, the lower flowers being male, and there are generally three stamens and three stigmas. The fruit (a nutlet) is generally trigonous and often retains its style as a beak or crown.
List of species
(Accepted by Plants of the world online)
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Tetraria australiensis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria borneensis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
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J.Kern
Johannes Hendrikus Kern (1903–1974) was a Dutch botanist, with an international reputation as an expert on the Cyperaceae (the sedge family).
Kern graduated from a secondary school in Nijmegen in 1922 with a diploma qualifying him as a teacher. ...
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Tetraria bromoides
''Tetraria bromoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, which is native to the Cape Provinces in Southern Africa.
Taxonomy
''Tetraria bromoides'' was first described as ''Schoenus bromoides'' by Lamarck in 1791. In 1927, this ...
H.Pfeiff.
Hans Heinrich Pfeiffer, (born 1896) was a German botanist and physiologist, with a particular interest in spermatophytes.
(Discussion on JSTOR gives 1896 as his birth year and 1970 as his death year, as does the Russian Wikipedia article. This co ...
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Tetraria burmanni
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria capillacea
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria capillaris
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
J.M.Black
John McConnell Black (28 April 1855 – 2 December 1951) was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assi ...
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Tetraria capitata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria compar
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is '' Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetr ...
B.D.Jacks.
Benjamin Daydon Jackson (3 April 1846 – 12 October 1927) was a pioneering botanist and taxonomer who wrote the first volume of '' Index Kewensis'' to include all the flowering plants.
Biography
Jackson was the eldest child of Benjamin Dayd ...
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Tetraria compressa
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria crinifolia
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria cuspidata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria eximia
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria fasciata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria ferruginea
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria fimbriolata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria flexuosa
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria fourcadei
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Schönland
Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 – 22 April 1940), originally spelt ''Schönland'', the founder of the Department of Botany at Rhodes University, was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern part of the Cape Colony in 1889 to take up an app ...
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Tetraria involucrata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria ligulata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria macowaniana
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
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B.L.Burtt
Brian Laurence "Bill" Burtt FRSE Linnean Society, FLS (27 August 1913 – 30 May 2008), was an English botanist and taxonomist who is noted for his contributions to the family Gesneriaceae. In a career that spanned 74 years, he worked first at t ...
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Tetraria maculata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
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Schönland
Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 – 22 April 1940), originally spelt ''Schönland'', the founder of the Department of Botany at Rhodes University, was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern part of the Cape Colony in 1889 to take up an app ...
Tetraria microcarpa
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
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S.T.Blake
Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910 – 24 February 1973) was an Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and who was associated with the Queensland Herbarium beginning in 1945 until his death.
Background
Prior to ...
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Tetraria microstachys
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
'' (Vahl) H.Pfeiff.
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Tetraria mlanjensis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria nigrovaginata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria octandra
''Morelotia octandra'' is a species of Cyperaceae, sedge native to the south-west of Western Australia.
Description
''Morelotia octandra'' is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, sedge which grows from 0.175 to 1.25 m high. Its brown to black flower ...
Tetraria picta
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria pillansii
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
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Levyns
Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns (née Michell, 24 August 1890 Cape Town – 11 November 1975 Cape Town) was an eminent South African phytogeographer, botanist and taxonomist.
Early life and education
Margaret Levyns was initially educa ...
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Tetraria pleosticha
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria pubescens
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
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Schönland
Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 – 22 April 1940), originally spelt ''Schönland'', the founder of the Department of Botany at Rhodes University, was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern part of the Cape Colony in 1889 to take up an app ...
Tetraria pygmaea
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
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Levyns
Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns (née Michell, 24 August 1890 Cape Town – 11 November 1975 Cape Town) was an eminent South African phytogeographer, botanist and taxonomist.
Early life and education
Margaret Levyns was initially educa ...
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Tetraria robusta
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria scariosa
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria secans
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is '' Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetr ...
Tetraria spiralis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria sylvatica
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria thermalis
''Tetraria thermalis'' (L.) C.B.Clarke, the bergpalmiet, is a South African perennial in the family Cyperaceae. The species is endemic to the Western Cape, from the Cape Peninsula to Nature's Valley, growing on sandy soils and sandstone slopes ...
Tetraria triangularis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
Tetraria usambarensis
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria ustulata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ''Tetra ...
Tetraria vaginata
''Tetraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
The type species is ''Tetraria compar'' (L.) P.Beauv.
Recent molecular work has shown that ...
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Schönland
Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 – 22 April 1940), originally spelt ''Schönland'', the founder of the Department of Botany at Rhodes University, was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern part of the Cape Colony in 1889 to take up an app ...