Odontanthera
| Adelostemma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Odontanthera Wight |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Odontanthera is a species of plants in the 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)
- O. boveana now Glossonema boveanum
- O. linearis now Conomitra linearis
- O. thruppii now Glossonema thruppii
- O. varians now Glossonema varians
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field
- 1 2 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
- ↑ Wight, Robert 1883. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 7: 143.
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Odontanthera
- ↑ The Plant List, genus Odontanthera
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