Acanthaceae
Odontonema

Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 494 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Mexico to Honduras. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá

Introduced into:

Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Galápagos, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • —Daniel in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 20: 160 (1995).
  • —Darbyshire et al. in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 2: 732 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Mexia, Y. [9150] Mexico K000064956 No
Jan 1, 1994 Linden, J. [180] Mexico K000064960 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Jurgensen, C. [894] Mexico K000064958 No
Jan 1, 1982 Langlassé, E. [974] Mexico K000064955 No
Jan 1, 1982 Jurgensen, C. [985] Mexico K000064959 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Jurgensen, C. [649] Mexico K000064957 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K004888317 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004888313 Yes
Casas, F. [11372] Equatorial Guinea K004888315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004888301 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [30177] K004888309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K004888318 Yes
Kisena, C.M. [s.n.] Tanzania K004888319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K004888307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004888312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004888324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Vanuatu K004888306 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K004888304 Yes
Chan, K.Y. [1362] Hong Kong K004888302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004888323 Yes
Kisena [s.n.] Tanzania K004888322 Yes
Martínez C., G. [2178] Mexico K000064954 No
Lewalle, J. [2233] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004888316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K004888305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K004888303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K004888311 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004888308 Yes
Carvalho [2354] Equatorial Guinea K004888314 Yes
Ruffo, C.K. [520] Tanzania K004888320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004888321 Yes
Judd, A.F.; Bryan Jr., E.H.; Neal, M. [s.n.] K004888310 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images