Odonellia

Odonellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Convolvulaceae.[1]

Odonellia
Odonellia hirtiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Odonellia
K.R.Robertson

Its native range is Mexico and parts of Southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Odonellia is in honour of Carlos Alberto O'Donell (1912–1954), an Argentinian botanist at the Miguel Lillo Foundation in San Miguel de Tucumán.[2] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.34 on page 417 in 1982.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Odonellia eriocephala (Moric.) K.R.Robertson
  • Odonellia hirtiflora (M.Martens & Galeotti) K.R.Robertson

References
  1. "Odonellia K.R.Robertson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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