Odontonema

O. strictum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Graptophyllinae
Genus: Odontonema
Species: O. albiflorum – O. album – O. aliciae – O. ampelocaule – O. amplexicaule – O. auriculatum – O. barleriodes – O. bracteolatum – O. brevipes – O. callistachyum – O. cuspidatum – O. dissitiflorum – O. fuchsioides – O. glaberrimum – O. glabrum – O. guayaquilense – O. hondurensis – O. laxum – O. liesneri – O. lindavii – O. mazarunensis – O. microphyllus – O. mortonii – O. nitidum – O. rubrum – O. rutilans – O. schomburgkianum – O. sessile – O. speciosum – O. steyermarkii – O. tubaeforme

Name

Odontonema Nees, Linnaea 16(3): 300. (1842) nom. et typ. cons.

• Type species: Odontonema lucidum Nees. Linnaea 16: 300. (1842) vide Odontonema bracteolatum (Jacq.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 494. (1891) typus Justicia bracteolata Jacq., Coll. 3: 253. (1789)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Thyrsacanthus Nees, Fl. Bras. 9: 97. (1847) [1 Jun 1847] nom. superfl. as nom. nov. for Odontonema Nees ex Endl., (1842). Thyrsacanthus Moric., Pl. Nouv. Amer. 9: 165 (-166; fig. 96). (1847) [Jan-Jun 1847] has precedence.

Homonyms

• Odontonema Nees ex Endl., Gen. Pl. 2: 63. (1842) nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to Tropical America Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Introduced into: Cook Is., Dominican Republic, Florida, Galápagos, Hawaii, Marianas, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1842. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 16(3): 300.

Additional references

• Côrtes, A.L.A., Borges, R.L.B. de & Rapini, A. 2010. Reinstatement of Thyrsacanthus Moric. (Acanthaceae) and taxonomic novelties in the genus. Taxon 59(3): 965–972. DOI: 10.1002/tax.593025 JSTOR Reference page.  [Thyrsacanthus Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amer. 9: 165. (1847) re-instated]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Odontonema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Odontonema. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Odontonema. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 15 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Odontonema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

مصرى: اودونتونيما
беларуская: Одонтонема
English: toothedthread
suomi: Tulitähkät
русский: Одонтонема
中文: 红楼花属, 鸡冠爵床属

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