| Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze |
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| Family : AIZOACEAE |
Protologue : Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 264 (1891)  |
| Information on the genus : Tetragonia |
| Basionym : Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. (1781) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Tetragonia expansa Murray (1783) |
| =Tetragonia quadricornis Stokes |
| =Tetragonia borealis Batt. & Trab. (1917) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Ecology : |
The “New Zealand spinach” is said to have originated in New Zealand. Now grown in most tropical and subtropical countries. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
annual-Herb- Ht 0.01 - 0.02 m. Alt: up to 500 m. Distribution: KN |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb; Humid; Dunes; 0-499 m; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 5 (1997).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Fl. Afrique N. 8: 288 (1962).
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1977). Flora of Libya. 101: 1
- Med-Checklist 1: 44 (1984).
- Fl. Iberica 2: 78 (1990).
- Tutin, T. G. (1993). Flora Europaea [ed. 2] 1: 137
- HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (1999). Flore pratique du Maroc. vol. [1] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 1: 139
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie [1]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 26
- List Fungi, Fl. Fau. Madeira Selv. Arch. : 186 (2008).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°202735 created 2009-08-19 |
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