| Tetrapogon | |
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| Tetrapogon villosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Tetrapogon Desf. |
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| Tetrapogon villosus Desf. | |
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Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.
The name Tetrapogon derives from the Greek roots tetra- and pogon, meaning "four" and "beard", respectively, in reference to the tufts of hairs on the plant. The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India.
- Species
- Tetrapogon bidentatus Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya
- Tetrapogon cenchriformis (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
- Tetrapogon ferrugineus (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
- Tetrapogon tenellus Chiov. - India
- Tetrapogon tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga
- Tetrapogon villosus Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda
- formerly included
see Chloris
- Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata
- Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mossambicensis
- Tetrapogon tetrastachys - Chloris montana
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
- Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi (2006). "Tetrapogon Desf.". CRC world dictionary of grasses: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. pp. 2197–2198. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
- The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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