Ottoa

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Ottoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Ottoa
Kunth
Species:
O. oenanthoides
Binomial name
Ottoa oenanthoides
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • (Wedd.) Mathias & Constance Spreng.
  • Ottoa oenanthoides subvar. major Oenanthe quitensis
  • Wedd. Ottoa oenanthoides var. major

Ottoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ottoa oenanthoides.

Its native range is from southern Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador. It is also found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panamá.[1]

The genus name of Ottoa is in honour of Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856), a German gardener and botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of oenanthoides means one that resembles a member of the genus Oenanthe. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.5 on page 20 in 1821.[1]

Essential oils have been extracted by hydrodistillation methods from leaves and roots of Otto.[4]

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