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Odontanthera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Odontanthera
Wight
Species:
O. radians
Binomial name
Odontanthera radians
(Forssk.) D.V.Field
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Steinheilia Decne.
  • Asclepias radians Forssk.
  • Steinheilia radians (Forssk.) Decne.
  • Odontanthera reniformis Wight

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)

  1. O. boveana now Glossonema boveanum
  2. O. linearis now Conomitra linearis
  3. O. thruppii now Glossonema thruppii
  4. O. varians now Glossonema varians

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