Ottoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ottoa oenanthoides.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Ottoa Kunth |
| Species: | O. oenanthoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Ottoa oenanthoides Kunth
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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 OenantheL. 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ottoa oenanthoides Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Ottoa Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Rojas, Janne; Díaz, Alexis Alberto Buitrago; Rojas, Luis B.; Morales, Antonio; Baldovino, Shirley (July 2010). "Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Leaves and Roots of Ottoa oenanthoides (Apiaceae) from Merida, Venezuela". Natural Product Communications. 5 (7): 1115–1116. doi:10.1177/1934578X1000500728. PMID 20734953.