''Ottoa'' is a

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genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. It only contains one known species, ''Ottoa oenanthoides''. Its native range is from southern Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador. It is also found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panamá. The genus name of ''Ottoa'' is in honour of

Christoph Friedrich Otto Christoph Friedrich Otto (4 December 1783 – 7 December 1856) was a German gardener and botanist. He was born in Schneeberg, Saxony. From 1805 to 1843 he was inspector of the Botanical Garden in Berlin. Together with Albert Gottfried Dietric ...

(1783–1856), a German gardener and botanist. The Latin

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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.

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have been extracted by

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methods from leaves and roots of ''Otto''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q10342524, from2=Q15586338 Apioideae Monotypic Apioideae genera