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Toothedthread

Odontonema

Toothedthread
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)

About

Odontonema, the toothedthreads or firespikes, 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.

Other Odontonema plants

Odontonema brevipes · Firespike · Mottled toothedthread · Odontonema laxum · Odontonema schomburgkianum · Firespike · Cardinal's guard flower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Odontonema by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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