View source for Tetragonia tetragonioides

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|accepted_name=Tetragonia tetragonioides
|accepted_authority=(Pallas) Kuntze
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|place=1: 264. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Demidovia tetragonioides
|authority=Pallas
|rank=species
|publication_title=Enum. Hort. Demidof,
|publication_place=150, plate 1. 1781
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tetragonia expansa
|authority=Murray
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Tetragonia;Tetragonia tetragonioides
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tetragonia tetragonioides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>mat-forming, 3–14 dm. <b>Leaves</b> 1–10 × 5–5 cm; petiole 1–3 cm, winged; blade pale green abaxially, dark green adaxially, midvein and lateral veins raised abaxially, ovate-rhombic to triangular, base truncate, papillate with larger papillae abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle to 2 mm. <b>Flowers</b> sometimes unisexual; calyx lobes spreading, yellow, ovate to half orbiculate, 2 mm; stamens clustered or scattered. <b>Fruits</b> turbinate, 8–12 mm; horns 4–6. <b>Seeds</b> smooth. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Sand dunes, bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, disturbed areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;South America;e Asia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Tetragonia tetragonioides</i> is cultivated as a vegetable.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Tetragonia tetragonioides
|authority=(Pallas) Kuntze
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tetragonia expansa
|basionyms=Demidovia tetragonioides
|family=Aizoaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Sand dunes, bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, disturbed areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;South America;e Asia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1891
|special status=
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|genus=Tetragonia
|species=Tetragonia tetragonioides
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