Odontanthera
(Redirected from Asclepias radians)
| Odontanthera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Odontanthera Wight |
| Species: | O. radians
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| Binomial name | |
| Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Odontanthera is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1883.[3][4] It contains only one recognized species, Odontanthera radians, a rare plant native to the shores of the Red Sea.[2]
- formerly included[5]
moved to other genera (Conomitra, Glossonema)
- O. boveana now Glossonema boveanum
- O. linearis now Conomitra linearis
- O. thruppii now Glossonema thruppii
- O. varians now Glossonema varians
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Odontanthera radians (Forssk.) D.V.Field
- ^ a b Field, D.W. 1982. The Identity of Odontanthera Wight (Asclepiadaceae) with Notes on Glossonema Decne. and Conomitra Fenzl. Kew Bulletin Vol. 37, No. 2 (1982), pp. 341-347
- ^ Wight, Robert 1883. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 7: 143.
- ^ Tropicos, genus Odontanthera
- ^ The Plant List, genus Odontanthera