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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Tetragonia L.

TETRAGONIA L., 1753

Fls with calyx tube adnate to ovary, often produced, 3-5-lobed; petals 0; stamens 1-many. Ovary 2-8-celled; styles as many as cells. Fr. globose to turbinate, endocarp hard, mesocarp fleshy or not. Herbs or subshrubs with trailing to erect stems; lvs alt., ± succulent. About 25 spp. mostly of S. Africa.

Key

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Fr. subturbinate, hard, angled, horned
1. tetragonioides
Fr. globose, succulent, not horned
2. trigyna
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