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Tetragonocarpus

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Tetragonocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
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]

Marsdenia teysmannii (Hassk.) Boerl. (1899)

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]

The species was first described by Justus Carl Hasskarl in 1857.[1]

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