Tetrachondra

Tetrachondra
Tetrachondra hamiltonii in New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Tetrachondraceae
Genus: Tetrachondra
Petrie (1892)
Species

Tetrachondra is a plant genus in the family Tetrachondraceae.[1] It comprises two species of creeping succulent, perennial, aquatic or semi-aquatic herbaceous plants. Its distribution range is disjunct: one species is endemic to New Zealand (mainly Stewart Island, Otago and Southland) while the other one is endemic to southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. These plants bear essential oils.

  1. ^ Wagstaff, S. J. (2004), Kadereit, Joachim W. (ed.), "Tetrachondraceae", Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae), Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 441–444, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18617-2_23, ISBN 978-3-642-18617-2, retrieved 2022-11-28