Tetramerium
Tetramerium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found in the Americas, ranging from the southwestern United States to Bolivia, especially in tropical dry forests. Christian [Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck] first described the genus in 1846 after collecting two species on the journey of.
Species
30 species are accepted.- Tetramerium abditum
- Tetramerium aureum
- Tetramerium butterwickianum
- Tetramerium carranzae
- Tetramerium crenatum
- Tetramerium denudatum
- Tetramerium diffusum
- Tetramerium emilyanum
- Tetramerium fruticosum
- Tetramerium glandulosum
- Tetramerium glutinosum
- Tetramerium guerrerense
- Tetramerium langlassei
- Tetramerium mcvaughii
- Tetramerium nemorum
- Tetramerium nervosum – hairy fornwort - cultivated for xeriscapes
- Tetramerium oaxacanum
- Tetramerium obovatum
- Tetramerium ochoterenae
- Tetramerium peruvianum
- Tetramerium rubrum
- Tetramerium rzedowskii
- Tetramerium sagasteguianum
- Tetramerium surcubambense
- Tetramerium tenuissimum
- Tetramerium tetramerioides
- Tetramerium vargasiae
- Tetramerium wasshausenii
- Tetramerium yaquianum
- ''Tetramerium zeta''