Tetrachaete

Tetrachaete
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Tetrachaete
Chiov. ex P.R.Pirotta
Species: T. elionuroides
Binomial name
Tetrachaete elionuroides
Chiov.

Tetrachaete is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2] The origin of the genus name is Greek, from tetra for "four" and chaite, for "bristle."[3] There is only one known species, Tetrachaete elionuroides, native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen, and Oman.[4][5][6][7]

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