Tetrachaete is a genus of plants in the grass family.Chiovenda, Emilio. 1903. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(1): 28–29, figure 1Tropicos, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov. The origin of the genus name is Greek, from tetra for "four" and chaite, for "bristle."Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora There is only one known species, Tetrachaete elionuroides, native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen, and Oman.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPhillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.The Plant List, Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Ethiopia in 1972