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Otiophora (plant)

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Genus of flowering plants

Otiophora
Otiophora calycophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Otiophora
Zucc.
Synonyms
  • Mericocalyx Bamps

Otiophora is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are approximately 20 species. Natural distribution range for the genus includes Madagascar and much of central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Tanzania and Nigeria.

References

  1. Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1832. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1: 315.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Taxon identifiers
Otiophora
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