Odontonema

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Graptophyllinae
Genus: Odontonema
Species: O. albiflorum – O. album – O. aliciae – O. ampelocaule – O. amplexicaule – O. auriculatum – O. barleriodes – O. bracteolatum – O. brevipes – O. callistachyum – O. corymbulosum – O. cuspidatum – O. dissitiflorum – O. fuchsioides – O. glaberrimum – O. glabrum – O. guayaquilense – O. hondurensis – O. laxum – O. liesneri – O. lindavii – O. mazarunensis – O. microphyllus – O. mortonii – O. nitidum – O. peruvianum – O. rubrum – O. rutilans – O. schomburgkianum – O. sessile – O. speciosum – O. tubaeforme

Odontonema Nees, Linnaea 16(3): 300 (1842), nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Odontonema lucidum (Andrews) Nees, Linnaea 16: 300 (1842), vide Odontonema bracteolatum (Jacq.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 494 (1891), typus Justicia bracteolata Jacq., Coll. 3: 253 (1789).

Heterotypic
- Diateinacanthus Lindau, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 369 (1905).
- Phidiasia Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 131 (1923).
- Odontonema Nees ex Endl., Gen. Pl. 2: 63 (1842), nom. rej., isonym.
- Thyrsacanthus Nees, Fl. Bras. 9: 97 (1847).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to Tropical America
- - Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
- Introduced into:
  - Cook Is., Dominican Republic, Florida, Galápagos, Hawaii, Marianas, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1842. Observationes in Acanthaceas Horti Vratislaviensis. Linnaea 16(3): 289–308. BHL Reference page.

Côrtes, A.L.A., Borges, R.L.B. de & Rapini, A. 2010. Reinstatement of Thyrsacanthus Moric. (Acanthaceae) and taxonomic novelties in the genus. Taxon 59(3): 965–972. DOI: 10.1002/tax.593025 JSTOR Reference page. [Thyrsacanthus Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amer. 9: 165. (1847) re-instated]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Odontonema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Odontonema. Published online. Accessed: 15 June 2018. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Odontonema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 June 2018. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Odontonema. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 15. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Odontonema. Accessed: 2024 November 18.