Otiophora (plant)

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.[1] 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.[2]

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