Apocynaceae

Odontadenia

Odontadenia semidigyna (P.J.Bergius) J.F.Morales

First published in Novon 26: 162 (2018)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Windward Is.

Homotypic Synonyms

Echites semidigynus P.J.Bergius in Verh. Zeeusch. Genootsch. Wetensch. Vlissingen 3: 583 (1773)
Temnadenia semidigyna (P.J.Bergius) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 213 (1878)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Angadenia sylvestris (A.DC.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 174 (1878)
Cylicadenia harrisii (Hook.) Lem. in Ill. Hort. 2(Misc.): 10 (1855)
Dipladenia brearleyana T.Moore in Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 92 (1874)
Dipladenia harrisii Hook. in Bot. Mag. 81: t. 4825 (1855)
Echites grandiflorus G.Mey. in Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 131 (1818)
Echites grandiflorus Stadelm. in Flora 24(1 Beibl.): 49 (1841), nom. illeg.
Echites harrisii Van Houtte ex Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 5: 161 (1854)
Echites hoffmannseggianus Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 539 (1840), nom. illeg.
Echites insignis Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 632 (1824)
Echites macranthus Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 795 (1819)
Echites meyerianus Roem. & Schult. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 426 (1844)
Echites sylvestris A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 464 (1844)
Haemadictyon grandiflorum A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 426 (1844)
Odontadenia caudigera Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 384 (1936)
Odontadenia formosa Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 127 (1878)
Odontadenia grandiflora (G.Mey.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 127 (1878), nom. illeg.
Odontadenia grandiflora Miq. in Stirp. Surinam. Select.: 166 (1851)
Odontadenia harrisii (Hook.) Miers in Apocyn. S. Amer.: 128 (1878)
Odontadenia hoffmannseggiana Woodson in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 392 (1933), nom. illeg.
Odontadenia macrantha (Roem. & Schult.) Markgr. in Meded. Afd. Handelsmus. Kolon. Inst. 30: 461 (1937)
Odontadenia speciosa Benth. in J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 242 (1841)
Odontadenia sylvestris (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 117 (1860)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Gentianales

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Family
Apocynaceae

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Genus
Odontadenia

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Species
Odontadenia semidigyna

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

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.
GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
May 1, 1997	Krukoff, B.A. [1471] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903806		Yes
May 1, 1997	Maguire, B.; Pires, J.M.; Maguire, C.K. [47047] French Guiana	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903809		Yes
May 1, 1997	Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [48059] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903810		Yes
Jan 1, 1991	Schultes, R.E.; Cabrera, I. [14881] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493020		Yes
Jan 1, 1988	Ferreira, C.A.C. [8135] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903804		Yes
Jan 1, 1985	Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [3228] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903803		Yes
Jan 1, 1984	Brandbyge, J.; Asanza, E. [31488] Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493029		Yes
Jan 1, 1984	Brandbyge, J.; Asanza, E.; Werling, L.; Leith-Nissen, S. [33566] Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493027		Yes
Feb 16, 1980	Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Brandbyge, J. [21200] Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493028		Yes
Jan 1, 1980	Plowman, T.; Schultes, R.E; Tovar, O. [6912] Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493032		Yes
Jan 1, 1974	de Bruijn, J. [1380] Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493024		Yes
Jan 1, 1971	de Bruijn, J. [1404] Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493023		Yes
Mar 29, 1967	Fuchs, H.P; Zanella, L. [22355] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493021		Yes
Mar 25, 1967	Fuchs, H.P.; Torres Romero, J.H.; Zanella, A. [22355] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493009		Yes
Feb 8, 1967	Fuchs, H.P.; Zanella, L. [7583] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493022		Yes
Jul 4, 1963	Schunke, Jose M. [14074] Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493033		Yes
Aug 20, 1962	Cambridge Calima Valley Expedition, 1962 [283] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493010		Yes
Nov 7, 1960	Steyermark, Julian A. [87330] Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493026		Yes
Mar 25, 1935	Allen, P.H. [924] Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493019		Yes
Mar 5, 1935	Hunter, A.A; Allen, P.H. [788] Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493018		Yes
Feb 8, 1935	Hunter, A.A; Allen, P.H. [448] Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493017		Yes
Jun 8, 1932	Lawrance, A.E. [182] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493015		Yes
Jan 27, 1932	Mexia, Y. [6457] Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493030		Yes
Mar 1, 1931	Klug, G. [2046] Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493031		Yes
Aug 6, 1896	Haut, J.H. Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493025		Yes
Jul 1, 1879	Hayes; Kalbreyer, W. [663] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493013		Yes
Jul 1, 1879	Kalbreyer, W. [827] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493014		Yes
May 1, 1862	Hayes, S. [663] Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493016		Yes
	Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Wurdack, K.J.; Rodriguez, A.; Ragnauth, P.; James, H.; Simon, H. [6135] Guyana	Odontadenia macrantha	K001577004		Yes
	Clarke, H.D.; David, K.; Chin, C.; Perry, C. [6146] Guyana	Odontadenia macrantha	K001572763		Yes
	Schomburgk [309] Guyana	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582690	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	s.coll. [1615] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903811		Yes
	Hostmánn [1217] Suriname	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582692	Type	Yes
	Krukoff, B.A. [1457] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903805		Yes
	Kuhlmann, J.G. [3119] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903813		Yes
	Schomburgk [309] Guyana	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582689	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Dawe, M.T. [428] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493011		Yes
	Dawe, M.T. [428] Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493012		Yes
	Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Monteiro, O.P. [10721] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903802		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582687	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Ule, E. [8267] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903812		Yes
	Silva, M.; Souza, R. [2384] Brazil	Odontadenia macrantha	K000903807		Yes
	Schomburgk [309] Guyana	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582691	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Purdie, W. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago	Odontadenia macrantha	K000582686	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493009		Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493010		Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493013		Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493014		Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493015		Yes
	Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493016		Yes
	Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493017		Yes
	Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493018		Yes
	Panama	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493019		Yes
	Colombia	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493020		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493021		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493022		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493023		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493024		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493025		Yes
	Venezuela	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493026		Yes
	Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493027		Yes
	Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493028		Yes
	Ecuador	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493029		Yes
	Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493030		Yes
	Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493031		Yes
	Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493032		Yes
	Peru	Odontadenia macrantha	K001493033		Yes

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

Odontadenia semidigyna (P.J.Bergius) J.F.Morales

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Odontadenia semidigyna (P.J.Bergius) J.F.Morales

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (67 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index