Odontonema

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Odontonema strictum1.jpg

|image_caption = Odontonema cuspidatum

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|taxon = Odontonema

|authority = Nees

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|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331809-2 Odontonema Nees]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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File:Odontonema Schomburgkianum.jpg]]

Odontonema, the toothedthreads,{{PLANTS|id=ODONT5|taxon=Odontonema|accessdate=21 July 2015}} is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 32 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to Peru and southeastern Brazil.

Species

32 species are accepted:{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8383 |title=Species Records of Odontonema |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2010-06-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121213003157/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8383 |archive-date=2012-12-13 |url-status=dead }}{{ITIS |id=34423 |taxon=Odontonema |accessdate=17 June 2010 }}

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