Tetragonia

Tetragonia
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Aizooideae
Genus: Tetragonia
L.
Species

51, see text

Synonyms
  • Anisostigma Schinz (1897)
  • Demidovia Pall. (1781)
  • Ludolfia Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Tetragonella Miq. (1845)
  • Tetragonocarpos Mill. (1754)

Tetragonia is a genus of 51 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern and eastern Africa, and western South America, and eastern Asia.