Odontites aucheri

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Rhinantheae
Genus: Odontites
Species: Odontites aucheri

Name

Odontites aucheri Boiss., Diag. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 4: 74 (1844).

• Typus: "In Olympo Armeniae". Lectotype (designated by Bolliger 1996: 61): Aucher-Eloy 1693 (G; isolectotype W)-

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Orthantha aucheri (Boiss.) Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 101 (1893).
  • Bornmuellerantha aucheri (Boiss.) Rothm., Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins N.F. 50: 226 (1943).
  • Orthanthella aucheri (Boiss.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 293 (1983).
• Heterotypic
  • Euphrasia rigidifolia Klotzsch ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 550 (1846), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Iran, Iraq, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 4. 86 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Rothmaler, W. 1943. Die Aufspaltung von Odontites Hall. ex Zinn. Mitteilungen des Thüringischen Botanischen Vereins, Neue Folge 50: 224–230. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bolliger, M. 1996. Monographie der Gattung Odontites (Scrophulariaceae) sowie der verwandten Gattungen Macrosyringion, Odontitella, Bornmuellerantha und Bartsiella. Willdenowia 26(1–2): 37–168. DOI: 10.3372/wi.26.2603. Reference page. 
• Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 
• Rechinger, K.H. 1981. Odontites. Pp. 187–189 in Rechinger, K.H., Scrophulariaceae I. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 147. 298 pp. 264 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 
• Scheunert, A., Fleischmann, A., Olano-Marin, C., Bräuchler, C. & Heubl, G. 2012. Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts. Taxon 61(6): 1269–1285. DOI: 10.1002/tax.616008 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Odontites aucheri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Odontites aucheri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Odontites aucheri. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Odontites aucheri. Accessed: 31 Oct 2025.Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Odontites aucheri in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct 31.Reference page.