Ottoa
Species of flowering plant
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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.
| Ottoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Ottoa Kunth |
| Species: | O. oenanthoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Ottoa oenanthoides Kunth | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 Oenanthe. 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]