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|accepted_name=Tetragonia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 480. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 215. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=New Zealand spinach
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Tetragonia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tetragonia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek tetra, four, and gonia, angle, in reference to the shape of the fruit
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 75, 76
|treatment_page=page 77
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], annual or perennial, succulent, glabrous, pilose, or papillate. <b>Roots</b> fibrous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate [subscandent], semiwoody at base. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, alternate, usually petioled; stipules absent; blade flat, margins entire to slightly sinuate or shallowly lobed. <b>Inflorescences</b>: axillary clusters of 2–3 flowers or flowers solitary, sessile or peduncled; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or unisexual, inconspicuous, 5[–10] mm diam.; calyx campanulate, adnate to ovary, angled, winged, or horned; calyx lobes [3–]4–5[–7], green or yellow adaxially; petals and petaloid staminodia absent; nectary absent; stamens 1–20, perigynous; pistil 3–10-carpellate; ovary inferior [half inferior], [1–]3–10-loculed; placentation apical; ovule 1 per locule; styles 3–10; stigmas 3–10. <b>Fruits</b> nutlike [drupaceous], angled, indehiscent; horns [2–]4–6[–7]. <b>Seeds</b> 1–10, light brown, ± reniform, arils absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=South America;e Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 60 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Tetragonia
|author=Nancy J. Vivrette
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=South America;e Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_158.xml
|genus=Tetragonia
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