Otiophora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Knoxieae
Genus: Otiophora
Species: O. angustifolia – O. caerulea – O. calycophylla – O. cupheoides – O. inyangana – O. lanceolata – O. lebruniana – O. multicaulis – O. parviflora – O. pauciflora – O. perrieri – O. pycnoclada – O. pycnostachys – O. rupicola – O. scabra – O. spirospicata – O. stolzii – O. villicaulis
Name

Otiophora Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 315. (1832)

Type species: Otiophora scabra Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 316. (1832)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Mericocalyx Bamps, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 147. (1959)

References

Zuccarini, J.G. 1832. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1: 315.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Otiophora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Otiophora. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 22 2020.
Kårehed, J. & Bremer, B. 2007. The systematics of Knoxieae (Rubiaceae) — molecular data and their taxonomic consequences. Taxon 56(4): 1051–1076. DOI: 10.2307/25065904 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.

Otiophora is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] There are approximately 20 species. Natural distribution range for the genus includes Madagascar and much of central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Tanzania and Nigeria.[2]
References

Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1832. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1: 315.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families