Opilia

Opilia is a genus of approximately 33 species of lianas in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1802.[3][4]

Opilia
Opilia amentacea[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Opiliaceae
Genus: Opilia
Roxb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Tetanosia Rich. ex M.Roem.
  • Pentitdis Zipp. ex Blume

Opilia is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Papuasia, and Australia.[2][5][6]

Species[2]
  • Opilia afzelii - Sierra Leone
  • Opilia amentacea - trop Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia
  • Opilia campestris - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia
  • Opilia congolana - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Opilia fragrans - Philippines

References
  1. 1798 illustration from Joseph Banks (1743-1820) - Plants of the coast of Coromandel vol. 2 plate 158 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/687647)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Roxburgh, William. 1802. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 2: 31 in English
  4. Tropicos, Opilia Roxb.
  5. Hiepo, P. (2008). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 12: 1-71. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  6. Flora of China, Vol. 5 Page 205 山柚子 shan you zi Opilia amentacea Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 2: 31. 1802.


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