Tetrathylacium
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| Botanical drawing of Tetrathylacium macrophyllum from 1853 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Samydoideae |
| Genus: | Tetrathylacium Poepp. |
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| Tetrathylacium macrophyllum | |
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5; see text | |
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Tetrathylacium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. The genus spans across South America and parts of Central America, as far north as Costa Rica, and as far south as Bolivia.
Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[1] but was moved along with its close relatives to the Salicaceae based on analyses of DNA data.[2] Tetrathylacium is rather unique in the Samydaceae in having tightly arranged panicles of spikes, four sepals and stamens, and non-arillate seeds.[3] The stems are often inhabited by ants, and T. macrophyllum is suspected to have locust pollination.[4]
Known species
[edit]The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
- ^ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. Bibcode:2002KewBu..57..141C. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
- ^ Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1–499.
- ^ Schmelz, V.; Weber, A. (2006). "Tetrathylacium macrophyllum (Flacourtiaceae/Salicaceae) – the first case of locust pollination?". Beitr. Naturkunde Oberösterr. [abstract]. 16: 577.
- ^ "Tetrathylacium Poepp. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
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