Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
tetros, = four;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(the first described species of this genus had its floral parts in fours)
(LS, BL, Le)
Tetraria bolusii

Location: (K)
For:-
1) Harry Bolus (1834-1911)** or
(2) Hermann Harry Bolus (1862-1930), son of Harry Bolus.
Most taxa honor Bolus Sr.
(Ch)
Tetraria brachyphylla (G)

Location: (K)
brachys, = short, few, little;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(short leaved)
(LS, BL)
Tetraria brevicaulis

Location: (K)
Now Capeobolus brevicaulis.
(PS)
Tetraria bromoides (G)
Bergpalmiet (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
broma, = that which is eaten, food;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(resembling the genus BROMUS (q.v.))
(LS, BL, K3)
Tetraria burmannii

Location: (F)
For Nicholaas Laurens Burman (1734/1743-1793).**
(Ch)
Tetraria capillaceae (La)

Location: (K)
capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm.)
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(ld, BL)
Tetraria compar (La)
Biesiegras (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
compar, = like or equal to another.
(the sedges of this species appear identical)
(ld, K3)
Tetraria crassa (La)

Location: (F)
crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc..
(ld)
Tetraria crinifolia (La)

Location: (K)
crinis, = the hair; metonymous, objects resembling hair;
folium, = a leaf.

(ld)
Tetraria cuspidata (La)
Biesiegras (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
cuspis, = a point, the pointed end of any thing;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(cuspate; a pointed end of any organ, especially a sharp rigid point of a leaf)
(ld, BL, Ox)
Tetraria exilis (La)

Location: (K)
exilis, = small, thin, slender, lank, meagre, poor, feeble.
(small, meagre, weak, thin, slender)
(ld, BL)
Tetraria eximia (La)

Location: (K)
eximo, eximius, = taken out from the mass, i.e. excepted, exempt; select, choice, distinguished, uncommon, excellent.
(ld, BL)
Tetraria fasciata (La)

Location: (F, K)
fascio, = to envelop with bands, to swathe;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(clustered, grouped together)
(ld, BL)
Tetraria fimbriolata (La)

Location: (F, K)
fimbriae, = fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe;
(fimbria, = the dentated or fringe-like ring of the operculum of mosses, by the elastic power of which the operculum is displaced)
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fimbriatus, = fibrous, fringed.
(ld, BL, Ox)
Tetraria flexuosa (La)

Location: (K, P)
flexus, = a bending, turning, winding;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(winding)

(ld, BL)
Tetraria lingulata (La)

Location: (K)
lingua, = the tongue;
-ula, = diminutive;
ligula, lingula, = a little tongue, the tongue of a shoe, a shoe strap, shoe-latchet; a spoon or ladle;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lingulatus, = tongue-shaped, lingulate.
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Tetraria microstachys (G)

Location: (F, K, P)
mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)
(LS, BL)
Tetraria sylvatica var. sylvatica (La)
Biesiegras (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
silva, sylva, = a wood, forest, woodland;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(pertaining to woods, growing wild)
silvaticus, = of or belonging to a wood or to trees, wood- ; of plants, = growing wild.
(ld, BL)
Tetraria thermalis (G)
Bergpalmiet (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
thermos, = warm, hot;
therma, = hot places;
(warm springs)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(relating to warm springs or water)

(LS, BL)
Tetraria triangularis (La)

Location: (P)
triangulus = having three corners or angles, three-cornered, triamgular;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
triangularis, = of or belonging to a triangle, triangular.

(ld, BL)