Odontanthera

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Odontanthera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Odontanthera
Wight
Species:
O. radians
Binomial name
Odontanthera radians
(Forssk.) D.V.Field
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Steinheilia Decne.
  • Asclepias radians Forssk.
  • Steinheilia radians (Forssk.) Decne.
  • Odontanthera reniformis Wight

Odontanthera is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1883.[3][4] It contains only one recognized species, Odontanthera radians, a rare plant native to the shores of the Red Sea.[2]

formerly included[5]

moved to other genera (Conomitra, Glossonema)

  1. O. boveana now
  2. O. linearis now Conomitra linearis
  3. O. thruppii now
  4. O. varians now

References[]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field
  2. ^ a b Field, D.W. 1982. The Identity of Odontanthera Wight (Asclepiadaceae) with Notes on Glossonema Decne. and Conomitra Fenzl. Kew Bulletin Vol. 37, No. 2 (1982), pp. 341-347
  3. ^ Wight, Robert 1883. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 7: 143.
  4. ^ Tropicos, genus Odontanthera
  5. ^ The Plant List, genus Odontanthera
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