Odontocarya

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Odontocarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Odontocarya
Miers (1851)
Species [1]

38; see text

Synonyms [1]
  • SomphoxylonEichler (1864)
  • SynandropusA.C.Sm. (1931)

Odontocarya is a plant genus in the family Menispermaceae. [2] [3] It includes 38 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. [1]

Species

38 species are accepted. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Odontocarya Miers. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. Barneby, Rupert C. (1981). "Two New Species of Odontocarya Sect. Somphoxylon (Menispermaceae) from South America" . Brittonia. 33 (1): 1–4. Bibcode:1981Britt..33....1B. doi:10.2307/2806566. ISSN   0007-196X. JSTOR   2806566.
  3. Arenas, P.; Giberti, G. C. (July 1987). "The ethnobotany ofOdontocarya asarifolia (Menispermaceae), an edible plant from the Chaco" . Economic Botany. 41 (3): 361–369. doi:10.1007/BF02859052. ISSN   0013-0001.