Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze belongs to the Aizoaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Tetragonia, WDS 34145--Chile. Playa Colcura. 19 Feb 2013. DSC02120 (95).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Tetragonia
Specific Epithet
tetragonoides
Authorship
(Pall.) Kuntze
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#257,917 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
9%
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Concepcion
-37.144167, -73.170556
Location Remarks
Comuna Lota, Playa Colcura, S of Lota; sand beach and rocky shore at N end of beach. Sea level.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
On sand, shoots erect, succulent, stems and fruits red.
