Ototropis Explained

Ototropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, found from Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent through to southern China including Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and on to New Guinea, and introduced to Japan. There has been some nomenclatural confusion regarding this taxon over the centuries.^[1]

Species

Currently (as of 2023) eight species are accepted:

• Ototropis amethystina (Dunn) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis conferta (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis hayatae (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis khasiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis kulhaitensis (C.B.Clarke ex Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis likabalia (Bennet & Sum.Chandra) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Ototropis siamensis

Former species;

• Ototropis kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, has been transferred to a new genus as Daprainia kingiana ^[2]
• Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Sunhangia elegans ^[3]
• Ototropis megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Puhuaea megaphylla ^[4]
• Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Puhuaea sequax ^[5]
• Ototropis yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, a synonym of Sunhangia yunnanensis ^[6]

Notes and References

1. Ototropis, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae) . 2012 . Ohashi . Hiroyoshi . Ohashi . Kazuaki . Journal of Japanese Botany . 87 . 108–118 . Key to the sections, series and species of Ototropis .
2. Web site: Daprainia kingiana (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 September 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Sunhangia elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 September 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Puhuaea megaphylla (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 September 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Puhuaea sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 September 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Sunhangia yunnanensis (Franch.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 September 2022 . en.