Odontonema

Life-forms

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
Genus: Odontonema
Species: O. albiflorum – O. album – O. aliciae – O. ampelocaule – O. amplexicaule – O. auriculatum – O. barleriodes – O. bracteolatum – O. brevipes – 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.

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1842. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 16(3): 300.
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]
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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Odontonema. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 15 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Odontonema in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 15.
Tropicos.org 2018. Odontonema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 15.

Odontonema, the toothedthreads,[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Central America.
Species

Odontonema albiflorum Leonard
Odontonema album V.M.Baum
Odontonema amplexicaule Nees
Odontonema auriculatum (Rose) T.F. Daniel
Odontonema bracteolatum (Jacq.) Kuntze
Odontonema brevipes Urb.
Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze – Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema foliaceobracteatus (Oerst.) Kuntze
Odontonema glaberrimum (M.E. Jones) V.M. Baum
Odontonema glabrum Brandegee
Odontonema hondurensis (Lindau) D.N.Gibson
Odontonema laxum Baum, V.M.
Odontonema liesneri Wassh.
Odontonema mazarunensis Wassh.
Odontonema microphyllus Durkee
Odontonema mortonii V.M. Baum
Odontonema nitidum (Jacq.) Kuntze – Shrubby toothedthread
Odontonema rubrum (Vahl) Kuntze
Odontonema rutilans (Planch.) Kuntze
Odontonema schomburgkianum Kuntze
Odontonema speciosum V.M. Baum
Odontonema strictum
Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze – Firespike[3][4][5]

References

"Odontonema Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
"Odontonema". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
"Species Records of Odontonema". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
"Odontonema". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
"The Plant List".