Tetrapogon

Tetrapogon
Tetrapogon villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae / Gramineae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Tetrapogon Desf.
Type species
Tetrapogon villosus Desf.
Synonyms[1]
Codonachne Steud. Cryptochloris Benth. Lepidopironia A. Rich.

Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.^[2][3][4]

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.^[4] The species in this genus are distributed across Africa and through the Middle East as far east as India.^[4][5]

Species^[1][6][7]

1. Tetrapogon bidentatus Pilg. - Tanzania, Kenya
2. Tetrapogon cenchriformis (A.Rich.) Pilg. - Africa + Arabia from Cape Verde to Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
3. Tetrapogon ferrugineus (Renvoize) S.M.Phillips - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
4. Tetrapogon tenellus Chiov. - India
5. Tetrapogon tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. - Indian Subcontinent; Arabian Peninsula; Africa from Djibouti to Mpumalanga
6. Tetrapogon villosus Desf. - - Africa + southwest Asia from Canary Islands to Turkmenistan to Uganda

formerly included^[1]

see Chloris

• Tetrapogon flabellatus - Chloris flabellata
• Tetrapogon mossambicensis - Chloris mossambicensis
• Tetrapogon tetrastachys - Chloris montana

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: pages 388-389 in Latin
3. Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1800. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 255 line drawing of Tetrapogon villosus
4. 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.
5. Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
6. The Plant List search for Tetrapogon
7. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora