Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze

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Name scientific

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2, 264 (1891)

Preferred name

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze

Taxonomy reference

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linked name

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Kuntze

Original authors

Pall.

Authors

(Pall.) Kuntze

Publication place

Kuntze, C.E.O. 1891: Revisio Generum Plantarum. Vol. 2. Arthur Felix, Leipzig.

Year published

1891

Publication page

264

Orthography

tetragonioides

Tetragonia tetragonioides (this is an incorrect spelling error and has to be corrected to Tetragonia tetragonoides according to the ICBN Article 60.8, Example 23)Occasionally wrongly corrected to "tetragonioides". ICBN: "Ex. 23. Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze (1891) was based on Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. (1781), the specific epithet of which was derived from the generic name Tetragonia and the suffix -oides. Since this is a compound epithet derived from a noun and a suffix, not two Greek or Latin words, it is not to be altered to “tetragonioides”. "

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Demidovia tetragonoides Pall.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Tetragonia tetragonoides

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Aizoaceae

Genus

Tetragonia

Species

tetragonoides

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

new zealand spinach

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze

Description

Herb with decumbent branching stems, softly woody towards base, up to 6 dm. long. Lvs on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate-rhomboid to triangular, obtuse to subacute, entire to slightly sinuate or shallowly lobed, ± densely papillose. Fls solitary or occ. paired, occ. unisexual, sessile or nearly so, ± 7 mm. diam.; per. yellowish. Calyx tube broad- turbinate, lobes broad-triangular, obtuse. Stamens 10-20. Ovary 3-8-celled, styles 3-8. Fr. 8-10 mm. long, subturbinate, angled; seeds 4-10; horns 2-4, indurate.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.