Odontonema

Odontonema, the toothedthreads or firespikes,^[2] 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.^[1]

Odontonema
Odontonema cuspidatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Odontonema Nees
Synonyms[1]
Diateinacanthus Lindau Phidiasia Urb.

Odontonema schomburgkianum

Species

32 species are accepted:^[1][3][4]

• Odontonema albiflorum Leonard
• Odontonema album V.M.Baum
• Odontonema aliciae T.F.Daniel & J.F.Carrión
• Odontonema ampelocaule Leonard
• Odontonema amplexicaule Nees
• Odontonema auriculatum (Rose) T.F. Daniel
• Odontonema barlerioides (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema bracteolatum (Jacq.) Kuntze
• Odontonema brevipes Urb.
• Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
• Odontonema corymbulosum (Bertol.) MacVean, Cristof., T.F.Daniel & Baldini
• Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze – Mottled toothedthread
• Odontonema dissitiflorum (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema fuchsioides (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema glaberrimum (M.E. Jones) V.M.Baum
• Odontonema glabrum Brandegee
• Odontonema guayaquilense Cornejo
• Odontonema hondurense (Lindau) D.N.Gibson
• Odontonema laxum V.M.Baum
• Odontonema liesneri Wassh.
• Odontonema lindavii (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
• Odontonema mazarunensis Wassh.
• Odontonema microphyllus Durkee
• Odontonema mortonii V.M. Baum
• Odontonema nitidum (Jacq.) Kuntze – Shrubby toothedthread
• Odontonema peruvianum J.R.I.Wood
• Odontonema rubrum (Vahl) Kuntze
• Odontonema rutilans (Planch.) Kuntze
• Odontonema schomburgkianum Kuntze
• Odontonema sessile (Nees) Kuntze
• Odontonema speciosum V.M. Baum
• Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze (syn. Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze) – Firespike