Ototropis

Ototropis elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Ototropis
Species: O. amethystina – O. conferta – O. elegans – O. hayatae – O. khasiana – O. kingiana – O. kulhaitensis – O. likabalia – O. megaphylla – O. multiflora – O. sequax – O. yunnanensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ototropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 16. Reference page.

Name

Ototropis Nees, Index Seminum [Wroclaw / Breslau (Vratislav)] (1838): 3 [2-3, adnot.] (1839) (1839) emend. H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 87(2): 111. (2012)

• Type species: Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 87(2): 111. (2012) originally designated as synonym Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees, Index Seminum [Wroclaw / Breslau (Vratislav)] 1838: 2 (-3, adnot.). (1839)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Desmodium sect. Dollinera (Endl.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 225, adnot. (1852)
  • Desmodium subgen. Dollinera (Benth.) Schindl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 262 (1926)
• Heterotypic
  • Dollinera Endl., Gen. 1285 (1840), nom. superfl.
  • Tetranema Sweet, Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 149. (1830) nom. rej. vide Tetranema Benth., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29: t. 52. (1843) nom. cons. (Plantaginaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: China and Tropical Asia Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya Introduced into: Japan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees, C.G.D., 1839, Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 13(Lit.): 120
• Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2012. Ototropis, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 87(2): 108-118. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izumi, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(3): 165-189. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ototropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ototropis. Published online. Accessed: Nov 18 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Ototropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov 2020.

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