Odontocarya

Odontocarya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Odontocarya
Miers (1851)
Species

38; see text

Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
  • Somphoxylon Eichler
  • Synandropus A.C.Sm.

Odontocarya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, the Leeward Islands, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and the Windward Islands.

Species

Accepted species in the genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Odontocarya Miers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Odontocarya Miers". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Barneby, Rupert C. (1981). "Two New Species of Odontocarya Sect. Somphoxylon (Menispermaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 33 (1): 1–4. Bibcode:1981Britt..33....1B. doi:10.2307/2806566. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 2806566.
  4. ↑ Arenas, P.; Giberti, G. C. (July 1987). "The ethnobotany ofOdontocarya asarifolia (Menispermaceae), an edible plant from the Chaco". Economic Botany. 41 (3): 361–369. doi:10.1007/BF02859052. ISSN 0013-0001.