Tetraria

Tetraria
Tetraria octandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Tetraria
P.Beauv. (1812 publ. 1816)[1][2]
Species[3]

40; see text

Synonyms[3]

Tetraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to Tanzania, South Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.[3]

The type species is Tetraria compar (L.) P.Beauv.[4]

Recent molecular work has shown that Tetraria is polyphyletic and in need of revision.[5][6]

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