Ophiorrhiza
Genus of plants
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Ophiorrhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family (Rubiaceae). It contains 378 species native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific.[1] Species of the genus contain camptothecin, an alkaloid used to make chemotherapeutic agents.[2][3] Many Ophiorrhiza species are endemic to certain areas of the Western Ghats.
| Ophiorrhiza | |
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| Ophiorrhiza mungos | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Ophiorrhizeae |
| Genus: | Ophiorrhiza L. |
| Species[1] | |
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378; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species include:
- Ophiorrhiza acuminata[4]
- Ophiorrhiza australiana[1]
- Ophiorrhiza gajureliana
- Ophiorrhiza blumeana[5]
- Ophiorrhiza bracteata[5]
- Ophiorrhiza cantoniensis
- Ophiorrhiza carinata
- Ophiorrhiza caudata[2]
- Ophiorrhiza dulongensis
- Ophiorrhiza filistipula
- Ophiorrhiza japonica
- Ophiorrhiza jomyi[6]
- Ophiorrhiza kuroiwai[7]
- Ophiorrhiza liukiuensis[4]
- Ophiorrhiza longiflora
- Ophiorrhiza lurida
- Ophiorrhiza major[5]
- Ophiorrhiza michelloides[8][9]
- Ophiorrhiza mungos
- Ophiorrhiza nutans
- Ophiorrhiza prostrata[10]
- Ophiorrhiza pumila[4][11]
- Ophiorrhiza rosea
- Ophiorrhiza rugosa
- Ophiorrhiza succirubra
- Ophiorrhiza meenachilarensis[12][13]
