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]
  • Steinheilia Decne.
  • Asclepias radians Forssk.
  • Steinheilia radians (Forssk.) Decne.
  • Odontanthera reniformis Wight

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)

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

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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