Odontonema

Odontonema
Odontonema
Odontonema cuspidatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Odontonema
Nees
Species

See text.
Synonyms

Diateinacanthus Lindau
Thyrsacanthus Nees[1]

Odontonema is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae.

Selected species

  • Odontonema brevipes Urb.
  • Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
  • Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze – Mottled Toothedthread
  • Odontonema laxum Baum, V.M.
  • Odontonema nitidum (Jacq.) Kuntze – Shrubby Toothedthread
  • Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze – Firespike[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Odontonema Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8383. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  2. ^ "Species Records of Odontonema". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8383. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  3. ^ "Odontonema". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=34423. Retrieved 17 June 2010. 

External links

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