Biology:Ottoa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Ottoa Kunth |
| Species: | O. oenanthoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Ottoa oenanthoides Kunth
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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 OenantheL. 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ottoa oenanthoides Kunth" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/845589-1.
- ↑ "Ottoa Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40326-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ Rojas, Janne; Díaz, Alexis Alberto Buitrago; Rojas, Luis B.; Morales, Antonio; Baldovino, Shirley (July 2010). "Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Leaves and Roots of Ottoa oenanthoides (Apiaceae) from Merida, Venezuela". Natural Product Communications 5 (7): 1115-1116.
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