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Otoptera
Sign in to saveOtoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species native to southern Africa and Madagascar. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. According to Moteetee and Van Wyk, the generic name Otoptera is derived from a characteristic spur at the base of each wing petal and is derived from the Greek oto meaning 'ear' and ptero meaning 'wing'. The proper words in ancient Greek for 'ear' and 'wing' are however oûs, genitive ōtós (οὖς, genitive ὠτός) and pterón (πτερόν). Members of the Otoptera genus can be identified by the spur at the base of the petals and s
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Otoptera, and connects out to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
It is catalogued under topics including Fabaceae genera, Flora of the Afrotropical realm and Phaseoleae.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: , Weeden and Lavin suggests that Otoptera is rather closer
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN, UPS, JBRJ
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Botswana, Indeterminado
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phaseolinae
- Image
- Otoptera burchellii-1736 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg
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Otoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species native to southern Africa and Madagascar. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. According to Moteetee and Van Wyk, the generic name Otoptera is derived from a characteristic spur at the base of each wing petal and is derived from the Greek oto meaning 'ear' and ptero meaning 'wing'. The proper words in ancient Greek for 'ear' and 'wing' are however oûs, genitive ōtós (οὖς, genitive ὠτός) and pterón (πτερόν). Members of the Otoptera genus can be identified by the spur at the base of the petals and spoon shaped styles with two distinct lips.
The genus contains two species; Otoptera burchellii which is native to areas of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe and Otoptera madagascariensis which is native to parts of Madagascar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otoptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.