The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to TETRACOCCUS

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Pistillate pedicel generally < 3 mm; ovary generally 3-lobed, 3-chambered; styles generally 3; stamen filaments glabrous; leaves generally alternate — se Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert
T. hallii
  1' Pistillate pedicel 6–15 mm; ovary generally 4-lobed, 4-chambered; styles generally 4; stamen filaments soft-hairy at base; leaves opposite or whorled in 3's
 
    2. Leaf blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, entire to sparsely fine-toothed; s South Coast, Peninsular Ranges
T. dioicus
    2' Leaf blade ovate, lanceolate to ovate, sharp-toothed; n Desert Mountains (Grapevine, Panamint mtns)
T. ilicifolius


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