- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77160507-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 295(3): 212
- Date of Publication
- 10 Feb 2017
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Acanthaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Steyn 1848
- Locality
- Namaqualand District, Richtersveld, S of Sunvalley camp site, 588 m, (2817CB)
- Collection Date
- 8 Aug 2011
- Type Herbaria
- holotype PRE RE0861471-0
isotype NBG - Distribution Of Types
- Northern Cape Province (Cape Provinces, Southern Africa, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.1 the specific epithet “tetragona” refers to the regular decussate arrangement of the bracts that gives the inflorescence a distinctly “four-angled” appearance when viewed from above