Odontadenia macrantha

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Odontadenia macrantha
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cult. Singapore Botanic Garden
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Odontadenia
Species:
O. macrantha
Binomial name
Odontadenia macrantha

Odontadenia macrantha is a vine of the family Apocynaceae native to Central and South America.

The cylindrical stem is either woody or just woody at the base. The smooth oval leaves are 9–35 centimetres (3.5–13.8 in) long by 4–15.5 centimetres (1.6–6.1 in) wide, and sit on 1–1.3-centimetre (0.39–0.51 in) long petioles. They are oppositely arranged on the stem. [1] The orange or yellow flowers are 6–10 centimetres (2.4–3.9 in) in diameter with a 3–4.5-centimetre (1.2–1.8 in) long tube. [2] However, flower shape and colour can vary considerably. Flowering takes place all year, with a peak from December to August, while fruiting peaks from April to October; the smooth seed pods are 20–26 centimetres (7.9–10.2 in) long by 3.5–4.5 centimetres (1.4–1.8 in) wide. [1]

It was originally described as Echites macrantha by Austrian botanists Johann Jacob Roemer and Josef August Schultes in 1819 from material from Brazil. [3] The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek words makros "long" and anther "flower(ing)". [4] George Bentham described it as Odontadenia speciosa in 1841 from material collected from Guyana in 1837. It is the type species of the genus. [1] Odontadenia caudigera was described by Ann Woodson in 1936 from a collection from Belize. Also found in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, this was considered a separate species on account of its smaller and differently shaped corolla, but intermediate flowers have been found on the same plant so is regarded as conspecific. Odontadenia sylvestris, described by Brazil as distinct on a similar basis, is also regarded as a variant of O. macrantha. [1]

Odontadenia macrantha is native to Central and South America, from Guatemala in the north to Brazil in the south, as well as the West Indies, from sea level to 800 metres (2,600 ft) elevation. [1]

It is occasionally cultivated in Singapore. [2]

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  1. Odontadenia anomala(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) J.F.Macbr. - Peru, Bolivia
  2. Odontadenia campanulataJ.F.Morales - Colombia
  3. Odontadenia funigeraWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  4. Odontadenia geminata(Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll.Arg. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
  5. Odontadenia glaucaWoodson - Amazonas State in S Venezuela
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  8. Odontadenia killipiiWoodson - French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
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  10. Odontadenia laxiflora(Rusby) Woodson - Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
  11. Odontadenia lutea(Vell.) Markgr. - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  12. Odontadenia macrantha(Roem. & Schult.) Markgr. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America, Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  13. Odontadenia markgrafianaJ.F.Morales - French Guiana, N Brazil
  14. Odontadenia matogrossanaJ.F.Morales - Goiás, Mato Grosso
  15. Odontadenia nitida(Vahl) Müll.Arg. - Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
  16. Odontadenia perrottetii(A.DC.) Woodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana
  17. Odontadenia polyneura(Urb.) Woodson - Hispaniola
  18. Odontadenia puncticulosa(Rich.) Pulle - Central America, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
  19. Odontadenia stemmadeniifoliaWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  20. Odontadenia verrucosa(Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum. ex Markgr. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
  1. Odontadenia cuspidataRusby = Mandevilla cuspidata(Rusby) Woodson
  2. Odontadenia duckeiMarkgr. = Mandevilla pohliana(Stadelm.) A.H.Gentry
  3. Odontadenia glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) K.Schum. = Mandevilla glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  4. Odontadenia macrocalyx(Müll.Arg.) Miers = Tabernaemontana macrocalyxMüll.Arg.
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Morales, J. F. (1999). "A synopsis of the genus Odontadenia Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLV". Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België. 67 (1/4): 381–477. doi:10.2307/3668437. JSTOR   3668437.
  2. 1 2 Hsuan, Keng; Keng, Ro-Siu Ling Keng (1990). The Concise Flora of Singapore: Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons. NUS Press. p. 145. ISBN   9789971691356.
  3. ↑ Roemer, Johann Jacob; Schultes, Josef August (1819). Systema Vegetabilium. 4. Stuttgardt: Sumtibus J.G. Cottae. p. 795.
  4. ↑ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1980) [1871]. A Greek–English Lexicon (abridged ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp.  63, 423. ISBN   0-19-910207-4.
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