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Tetracoccus hallii Brandegee

Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassRosidaeRoses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
OrderMalpighialesA broad group encompassing 16,000 species
FamilyPicrodendraceaeA family of subtropical to tropical flowering plants, found in New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, continental Africa, and tropical America
GenusTetracoccus“four seeds,” from the Greek tetra, “four,” and kokkos, “a kernel, grain, or berry,” (from Edmund Jaeger’s A Source-Book of Biological names and Terms) because of the four-lobed or four-seeded ovary in the original species, T. dioicus. My original information followed Philip Munz, who used the word kakkos for “fruit,” but I have been kindly informed by Dr. Stavros Kakkos of my mistake, and in checking other sources find the proper word source to have been kokkos. Thank you, Dr. Kakkos.
SpecieshalliiAfter Elihu Hall (1822-1882), “a farmer with a great interest in botany, collected 300 of the original specimens and had a personal collection of 10,000 specimens”

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Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Halliophytum fasciculatum auct. non (S. Watson) I.M. Johnst.

Halliophytum fasciculatum (S. Watson) I.M. Johnst. var. hallii (Brandegee) McMinn

Halliophytum hallii (Brandegee) I.M. Johnst.

Tetracoccus fasciculatus auct. non (S. Watson) Croizat

Tetracoccus fasciculatus (S. Watson) Croizat var. hallii (Brandegee) Dressler

 

Tetracoccus hallii description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's shrubby-spurge, Hall's tetracoccus, Hall‘s purple bus, Hall’s shrubby-spurge, Hall’s tetracoccus, Hall’s purple bus)

5/2/2018 · Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

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