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Tetragonia tetragonioides
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Photo: Mark Hyde
48, Borrowdale Road, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
48, Borrowdale Road, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
48, Borrowdale Road, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. Tetragonia expansa Murray Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze |
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| Common names: | New Zealand spinach (English) | |
| Description: | Prostrate or prostrate-ascending, ± succulent, annual herb with stout trailing stems. Leaves petiolate; lamina rhombic or deltate; base cuneate and decurrent into the petiole. Flowers axillary, subsessile, greenish or yellowish, solitary or paired. Perianth-segments 4 unequal. Stamens twice as many (or fewer) as the perianth-segments. Ovary semi-inferior, with 5-8 carpels and 5-8 styles. Fruit up to 10 × 7 mm, (3-)4(-5)-horned. | |
| Notes: | M.L. Goncalves in FZ 4: 555 gives records from salt marsh sandy flats in two Mozambique divisions (GI and M). Although not clearly stated, it is implied that the species is naturalised in these localities. We have also taken the species to be cultivated in Mozambique although we have no specific records. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to New Zealand; widely cultivated elsewhere as a vegetable | |
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| Image last updated: | Tuesday 30 April 2013 | |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Tetragoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 555. As Tetragonia tetragonoides Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 195. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Tetragonia tetragonioidesFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tetragonia tetragonioides
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tetragonia tetragonioidesBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tetragonia tetragonioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tetragonia tetragonioides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tetragonia tetragonioides
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iNaturalist: Tetragonia tetragonioides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tetragonia tetragonioides
JSTOR Plant Science: Tetragonia tetragonioides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tetragonia tetragonioides
Plants of the World Online: Tetragonia tetragonioides
Tropicos: Tetragonia tetragonioides
Wikipedia: Tetragonia tetragonioides
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