Opilia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Opiliaceae
Genus: Opilia
Species: O. amentacea – O. campestris
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Opilia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 26. Reference page.

Name

Opilia Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 31. t. 158. (1802)

Type species: Opilia amentacea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2(3): 31, t. 158. (1802)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Groutia Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 100. (1832)
Tetanosia Rich. ex M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 23. (1846)
Pentitdis Zipp. ex Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 246. (1851), pro syn.

References

Roxburgh, W. 1802. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 2: 31. t. 158.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Opilia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 17. Reference page.
Hiepko, P. 1982. A Revision of Opiliaceae II. Opilia Roxb. Willdenowia 12(2): 161-182. JSTOR
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Opilia. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opilia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Opilia is a genus of approximately 33 species of lianas in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1802.[3][4]

Opilia is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Papuasia, and Australia.[2][5][6]

Species[2]

Opilia afzelii - Sierra Leone
Opilia amentacea - trop Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia
Opilia campestris - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia
Opilia congolana - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Opilia fragrans - Philippines

References

1798 illustration from Joseph Banks (1743-1820) - Plants of the coast of Coromandel vol. 2 plate 158 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/687647)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Roxburgh, William. 1802. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 2: 31 in English
Tropicos, Opilia Roxb.
Hiepo, P. (2008). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 12: 1-71. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
Flora of China, Vol. 5 Page 205 山柚子 shan you zi Opilia amentacea Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 2: 31. 1802.