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Genus: Tetraria

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Cyperaceae

About 50 species (Australia, New Zealand and Africa, but mainly in southern Africa), with 42 species native to southern Africa (mainly in fynbos of the Western Cape).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Tetraria bolusii

 

Tetraria brachyphylla

 

Tetraria bromoides

Tetraria burmannii

 

Tetraria capillacea

 

Tetraria compacta

 

Tetraria compar

 

Tetraria crassa

 

Tetraria crinifolia

 

Tetraria cuspidata

 

Tetraria exilis

 

Tetraria eximia

Tetraria fasciata

 

Tetraria ferruginea

 

Tetraria fimbriolata

 

Tetraria flexuosa

 

Tetraria fourcadei

 

Tetraria galpinii

 

Tetraria graminifolia

 

Tetraria involucrata

Tetraria ligulata

 

Tetraria maculata

 

Tetraria microstachys

 

Tetraria mlanjensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Tetraria nigrovaginata

 

Tetraria paludosa

 

Tetraria picta

 

Tetraria pillansii

 

Tetraria pubescens

 

Tetraria pygmaea

 

Tetraria robusta

 

Tetraria schonlandii

 

Tetraria secans

 

Tetraria sylvatica

 

Tetraria thermalis

Tetraria triangularis

 

Tetraria ustulata

 

Tetraria vaginata

 

Tetraria variabilis