Ototropis

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]

Ototropis
Ototropis elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Genus: Ototropis
Nees[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Tetranema Sweet

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Ototropis amethystina (Dunn) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis conferta (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis hayatae (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis khasiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis kingiana (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 megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Ototropis yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

References

  1. Linnaea 13(Lit.): 120 (1839)
  2. "Ototropis Nees". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. 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
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