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Tetraena
Tetraena is a possible genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, subfamily Zygophylloideae. As of January 2025, Plants of the World Online and the World Flora Online accepted it as a synonym of Zygophyllum.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first

simple-leaved bean caper
speciesTetraena simplex

Canarian bean caper
speciesTetraena fontanesii

Dollar bush
speciesTetraena stapffii

Tetraena gaetula
speciesTetraena gaetula

bushy bean-caper
speciesTetraena dumosa

Tetraena coccinea
speciesTetraena coccinea

Tetraena retrofracta
speciesTetraena retrofracta

Tetraena decumbens
speciesTetraena decumbens

Tetraena clavata
speciesTetraena clavata

tall zygophyllum
speciesTetraena prismatocarpa

Tetraena rigida
speciesTetraena rigida

Tetraena cylindrifolia
speciesTetraena cylindrifolia

Tetraena microcarpa
speciesTetraena microcarpa

Tetraena chrysopteros
speciesTetraena chrysopteros

Tetraena applanata
speciesTetraena applanata

Tetraena madagascariensis
speciesTetraena madagascariensis

Tetraena pterocaulis
speciesTetraena pterocaulis

Tetraena longicapsularis
speciesTetraena longicapsularis

Tetraena tenuis
speciesTetraena tenuis
Tetraena migiurtinorum
speciesTetraena migiurtinorum
Tetraena qatarensis
speciesTetraena qatarensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Tetraena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 447020.