Tetrapterys
Tetrapterys is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae, native to Latin America and the Caribbean, from Mexico through to Argentina, but excluding Chile. Small trees, shrubs or vines, they are known to be toxic to livestock if consumed for long periods of time, and T. mucronata and T. styloptera (formerly T. methystica) have hallucinogenic effects in humans similar to ayahuasca.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tetrapterys phlomoides
speciesTetrapterys phlomoides
Tetrapterys schiedeana
speciesTetrapterys schiedeana
Tetrapterys mucronata
speciesTetrapterys mucronata
Tetrapterys microphylla
speciesTetrapterys microphylla
Tetrapterys mexicana
speciesTetrapterys mexicana
boxleaf
speciesTetrapterys buxifolia
Tetrapterys discolor
speciesTetrapterys discolor
Tetrapterys calophylla
speciesTetrapterys calophylla
Tetrapterys inaequalis
speciesTetrapterys inaequalis
Tetrapterys paludosa
speciesTetrapterys paludosa
Tetrapterys crispa
speciesTetrapterys crispa
Tetrapterys styloptera
speciesTetrapterys styloptera
Tetrapterys salicifolia
speciesTetrapterys salicifolia
Tetrapterys maranhamensis
speciesTetrapterys maranhamensis
Tetrapterys heterophylla
speciesTetrapterys heterophylla
Tetrapterys monteverdensis
speciesTetrapterys monteverdensis
Tetrapterys xylosteifolia
speciesTetrapterys xylosteifolia
Tetrapterys jussieuana
speciesTetrapterys jussieuana
Tetrapterys cardiophylla
speciesTetrapterys cardiophylla
Tetrapterys stipulacea
speciesTetrapterys stipulacea
Tetrapterys acapulcensis
speciesTetrapterys acapulcensis
Tetrapterys andersonii
speciesTetrapterys andersonii
Tetrapterys rzedowskii
speciesTetrapterys rzedowskii
Tetrapterys goudotiana
speciesTetrapterys goudotiana
Tetrapterys macrobracteata
speciesTetrapterys macrobracteata
Tetrapterys tinifolia
speciesTetrapterys tinifolia
Tetrapterys cordifolia
speciesTetrapterys cordifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 273079.