Odontocarya is a plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.[2][3] It includes 38 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.[1]

Odontocarya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Odontocarya
Miers (1851)
Species[1]

38; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Somphoxylon Eichler (1864)
  • Synandropus A.C.Sm. (1931)

Species edit

38 species are accepted.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Odontocarya Miers. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ Barneby, Rupert C. (1981). "Two New Species of Odontocarya Sect. Somphoxylon (Menispermaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 33 (1): 1–4. doi:10.2307/2806566. ISSN 0007-196X.
  3. ^ 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.