Odontonema

Odontonema
Odontonema cuspidatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Odontonema Nees
Synonyms [1]
Diateinacanthus Lindau Phidiasia Urb.

Odontonema schomburgkianum

Odontonema, the toothedthreads or firespikes, ^[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 32 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to Peru and southeastern Brazil. ^[1]

Species

32 species are accepted: ^{[1] [3] [4]}

• Odontonema albiflorum Leonard
• Odontonema album V.M.Baum
• Odontonema aliciae T.F.Daniel & J.F.Carrión
• Odontonema ampelocaule Leonard
• Odontonema amplexicaule Nees
• Odontonema auriculatum (Rose) T.F. Daniel
• Odontonema barlerioides (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema bracteolatum (Jacq.) Kuntze
• Odontonema brevipes Urb.
• Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
• Odontonema corymbulosum (Bertol.) MacVean, Cristof., T.F.Daniel & Baldini
• Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze– Mottled toothedthread
• Odontonema dissitiflorum (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema fuchsioides (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema glaberrimum (M.E. Jones) V.M.Baum
• Odontonema glabrum Brandegee
• Odontonema guayaquilense Cornejo
• Odontonema hondurense (Lindau) D.N.Gibson
• Odontonema laxum V.M.Baum
• Odontonema liesneri Wassh.
• Odontonema lindavii (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
• Odontonema mazarunensis Wassh.
• Odontonema microphyllus Durkee
• Odontonema mortonii V.M. Baum
• Odontonema nitidum (Jacq.) Kuntze– Shrubby toothedthread
• Odontonema peruvianum J.R.I.Wood
• Odontonema rubrum (Vahl) Kuntze
• Odontonema rutilans (Planch.) Kuntze
• Odontonema schomburgkianum Kuntze
• Odontonema sessile (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema speciosum V.M. Baum
• Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze (syn. Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze) – Firespike

References

1. Odontonema Nees. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. NRCS. "Odontonema". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. "Species Records of Odontonema". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
4. "Odontonema". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 17 June 2010.

External links

Media related to Odontonema at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Odontonema at Wikispecies