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Tetragonia pentandra

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Name

Identification
Tetragonia pentandra Balf.f. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Tetragonia pentandra

Flora

Entry for PATELLIFOLIA patellaris (Moq.) A.J. Scott [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PATELLIFOLIA patellaris (Moq.) A.J. Scott [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Ford-Lloyd & J.T. Williams (1977);
Beta patellaris Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1849). [type as above]
Tetragonia pentandra Balf. f. [family AIZOACEAE], (1884).
Information
Annual somewhat fleshy herb; stems procumbent, up to 60 cm long. Leaf-blades ovate-triangular, up to 4(–7) x 2.5(–4) cm, truncate or cordate at the base, acute to obtuse at the apex. Perianth-segments 1–1.5 mm long, incurved. Fruits 2–4 mm long.
Range
N3 Macaronesian region
Altitude range
c. 1150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 6185.
Distribution (external)
Socotra
Morocco
Algeria
SE Spain
Sicily
Notes
This has been called Tetragonia pentandra (Aizoaceae) on Socotra and in Somalia (Fl. Somalia 1: 116, 1993), but DNA sequence data has shown its affinity with Patellifolia (Thiede & Thulin in prep.). It is apparently conspecific with P. patellaris, but the taxonomy of the genus needs further study.

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