Tetraria
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Tetraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.[3]
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Tetraria | |
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Tetraria octandra | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Tetraria P.Beauv. (1812 publ. 1816)[1][2] |
Species[3] | |
40; see text | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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The type species is Tetraria compar (L.) P.Beauv.[4]
Recent molecular work has shown that Tetraria is polyphyletic and in need of revision.[5][6]