Odontites

Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family

Odontites

Red bartsia (Odontites vernus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Orobanchaceae
Tribe:  | Rhinantheae
Genus:  | Odontites

Species

* Odontites luteus
* Odontites granatensis
* Odontites vernus

Odontites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.

## Phylogeny

The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters.[1][2] Odontites belongs to the core Rhinantheae. It is the sister genus to Bellardia, and then to Tozzia and Hedbergia. These taxa are closely related to the genus Euphrasia. In turn, these five genera share phylogenetic affinities with Bartsia.

Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae.

The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear and plastid DNA molecular characters (ITS, rps16 intron and trnK region).[1][2]

## Conservation

One of the Odontites species, O. granatensis, endemic to the Sierra Nevada in Spain , was so threatened that in 1993 only 1,500 plants survived in two locations. Due to conservation efforts the plant has made a comeback, numbering over 100,000 in 2006.[3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Těšitel, Jakub; Říha, Pavel; Svobodová, Šárka; Malinová, Tamara; Štech, Milan (2010-10-28). "Phylogeny, Life History Evolution and Biogeography of the Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae" (in en). Folia Geobotanica 45 (4): 347–367. doi:10.1007/s12224-010-9089-y. ISSN 1211-9520.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scheunert, Agnes; Fleischmann, Andreas; Olano-Marín, Catalina; Bräuchler, Christian; Heubl, Günther (2012-12-14). "Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts". Taxon 61 (6): 1269–1285. doi:10.1002/tax.616008.
3. ↑ "Evitan la extinción de dos plantas endémicas de Sierra Nevada" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 2006-06-26. http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-26-06-2006/abc/Sociedad/evitan-la-extincion-de-dos-plantas-endemicas-de-sierra-nevada_1422187082832.html. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

See also Wikidata entry Q144084.

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