Tetragonocarpus
Genus of flowering plants
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Tetragonocarpus teysmannii is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is the sole species in genus Tetragonocarpus. It is a climbing subshrub or shrub native to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.[1]
| Tetragonocarpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tetragonocarpus Hassk. (1857) |
| Species: | T. teysmannii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetragonocarpus teysmannii Hassk. (1857) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Marsdenia teysmannii (Hassk.) Boerl. (1899) | |
The species was first described by Justus Carl Hasskarl in 1857.[1]