Ototropis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Ototropis
Species: O. amethystina – O. conferta – O. elegans – O. hayatae – O. khasiana – O. kingiana – O. kulhaitensis – O. likabalia – O. megaphylla – O. multiflora – O. sequax – O. yunnanensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ototropis 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. 16. Reference page.

Name

Ototropis Nees, Index Seminum [Wroclaw / Breslau (Vratislav)] (1838): 3 [2-3, adnot.] (1839) (1839) emend. H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 87(2): 111. (2012)

Type species: Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 87(2): 111. (2012) originally designated as synonym Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees, Index Seminum [Wroclaw / Breslau (Vratislav)] 1838: 2 (-3, adnot.). (1839)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Desmodium sect. Dollinera (Endl.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 225, adnot. (1852)
Desmodium subgen. Dollinera (Benth.) Schindl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 262 (1926)
Heterotypic
Dollinera Endl., Gen. 1285 (1840), nom. superfl.
Tetranema Sweet, Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 149. (1830) nom. rej. vide Tetranema Benth., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29: t. 52. (1843) nom. cons. (Plantaginaceae)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: China and Tropical Asia
Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Japan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Nees, C.G.D., 1839, Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 13(Lit.): 120
Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2012. Ototropis, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 87(2): 108-118. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izumi, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(3): 165-189. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ototropis 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 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ototropis. Published online. Accessed: Nov 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Ototropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18.

Ototropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, found from Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent through to southern China including Taiwan, Southeast Asia,, Indonesia and on to New Guinea, and introduced to Japan.[2] There has been some nomenclatural confusion regarding this taxon over the centuries.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Ototropis amethystina (Dunn) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis conferta (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis hayatae (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis khasiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis kulhaitensis (C.B.Clarke ex Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis likabalia (Bennet & Sum.Chandra) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Ototropis yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

References

Linnaea 13(Lit.): 120 (1839)
"Ototropis Nees". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
Ohashi, Hiroyoshi; Ohashi, Kazuaki (2012). "Ototropis, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae)". Journal of Japanese Botany. 87: 108–118. "Key to the sections, series and species of Ototropis"