Ototropis
| Ototropis | |
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| Ototropis elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Desmodieae |
| Genus: | Ototropis Nees (1839)[1] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ototropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, found from Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent through to southern China including Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and on to New Guinea, and introduced to Japan.[2] There has been some nomenclatural confusion regarding this taxon over the centuries.[3]
Species
[edit]Currently (as of 2023) eight species are accepted:[2]
- Ototropis amethystina (Dunn) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis conferta (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis hayatae (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis khasiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis kulhaitensis (C.B.Clarke ex Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis likabalia (Bennet & Sum.Chandra) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Ototropis siamensis (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Former species;
- Ototropis kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, has been transferred to a new genus as Daprainia kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi[4]
- Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Sunhangia elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi[5]
- Ototropis megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Puhuaea megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi[6]
- Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Puhuaea sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi[7]
- Ototropis yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Sunhangia yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Linnaea 13(Lit.): 120 (1839)
- ^ a b c "Ototropis Nees". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Ohashi, Hiroyoshi; Ohashi, Kazuaki (2012). "Ototropis, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae)". Journal of Japanese Botany. 87: 108–118.
Key to the sections, series and species of Ototropis
- ^ "Daprainia kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Sunhangia elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Puhuaea megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Puhuaea sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Sunhangia yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.