Otidia

Stems succulent, often stout and knobby, sometimes tuberous. Petioles or peduncles sometimes persistent. Leaves sometimes fleshy, entire, shallowly lobed, pinnately or bipinnately compound, deciduous, sometimes glaucous. Stipules small. Petals subequal, white, sometimes greenish, yellowish or pinkish, the posterior ones sometimes eared at base, hence the name. Flowers not scented, hypanthium always shorter than pedicel. Five fertile stamens, sometimes equal, staminodes shorter and almost equal. Inflorescence sometimes branched. This section has recently been substantially revised, see publications of Becker M.
A draft key to the section is available here.

adriaanii M. Becker & F. Albers
albersii M. Becker
alternans Wendl.
alternatim-pinnatum Wendl. ex Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
anauris M. Becker & F. Albers
arthriticum Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux
brevipetalum N. E. Brown syn. parviflorum Wendl.
burmannianum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. carnosum ssp. ferulaceum (Cav.) M. Becker & F. Albers
carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
ceratophyllum L'Herit.
coralinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
crassicaule E. Mey. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
crithmifolium J. E. Sm.
dasycaule Haw. syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit.
dasycaulon Sims syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit.
dasyphyllum E. Mey.
eberlanzii Knuth nom. ill. syn. parviflorum Wendl.
ferulaceum (Burm. f.) Willd. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
ferulaceum var. polycephalum Harv. syn. polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey.
hermansdorpense Knuth syn. humansdorpense Knuth
hospitans Dinter nom. nud. syn. albersii M. Becker
humansdorpense Knuth non satis cogn.
jacobii R. A. Dyer syn. klinghardtense Knuth
karooense R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. karooicum M. Becker & F. Albers
keeromsbergense M. Becker & F. Albers
klinghardtense Knuth
laxum (Sweet) G. Don
mammulosum Wendl. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
microphyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
munitum Burch. syn. crithmifolium J. E. Sm.
obturbus Reed & Clifton syn. parviflorum Wendl.
occultum Liekkio & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux
onustifolium R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. karooicum M. Becker & F. Albers
opinatum R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. laxum (Sweet) G. Don
opiparum R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. laxum (Sweet) G. Don
orientum R. Clifton non sat. cogn.
pachypodium J. P. Roux
paniculatum Jacq.
paradoxum Dinter nom. inval. syn. klinghardtense Knuth
parviflorum Wendl.
polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey.
"rotundipetalum" Vorster syn. parviflorum Wendl.
sisonifolium Baker syn. carnosum ssp. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
vassari Morris & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux

		Otidia (Lindl.) Harv.
Home The Genus Some History The Sections Campylia Chorisma Ciconium Cortusina Glaucophyllum Hoarea Isopetalum Jenkinsonia Ligularia Myrrhidium Otidia Pelargonium Peristera Polyactium Reniformia Subsucculentia Sectionless Further Reading Links & resources PELARGONIUM NOTES		Stems succulent, often stout and knobby, sometimes tuberous. Petioles or peduncles sometimes persistent. Leaves sometimes fleshy, entire, shallowly lobed, pinnately or bipinnately compound, deciduous, sometimes glaucous. Stipules small. Petals subequal, white, sometimes greenish, yellowish or pinkish, the posterior ones sometimes eared at base, hence the name. Flowers not scented, hypanthium always shorter than pedicel. Five fertile stamens, sometimes equal, staminodes shorter and almost equal. Inflorescence sometimes branched. This section has recently been substantially revised, see publications of Becker M. A draft key to the section is available here. adriaanii M. Becker & F. Albers albersii M. Becker alternans Wendl. alternatim-pinnatum Wendl. ex Steud. syn. alternans Wendl. anauris M. Becker & F. Albers arthriticum Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux brevipetalum N. E. Brown syn. parviflorum Wendl. burmannianum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. carnosum ssp. ferulaceum (Cav.) M. Becker & F. Albers carnosum (L.) L'Herit. ceratophyllum L'Herit. coralinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl. crassicaule E. Mey. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit. crithmifolium J. E. Sm. dasycaule Haw. syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit. dasycaulon Sims syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit. dasyphyllum E. Mey. eberlanzii Knuth nom. ill. syn. parviflorum Wendl. ferulaceum (Burm. f.) Willd. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit. ferulaceum var. polycephalum Harv. syn. polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey. hermansdorpense Knuth syn. humansdorpense Knuth hospitans Dinter nom. nud. syn. albersii M. Becker humansdorpense Knuth non satis cogn. jacobii R. A. Dyer syn. klinghardtense Knuth karooense R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. karooicum M. Becker & F. Albers keeromsbergense M. Becker & F. Albers klinghardtense Knuth laxum (Sweet) G. Don mammulosum Wendl. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit. microphyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl. munitum Burch. syn. crithmifolium J. E. Sm. obturbus Reed & Clifton syn. parviflorum Wendl. occultum Liekkio & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux onustifolium R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. karooicum M. Becker & F. Albers opinatum R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. laxum (Sweet) G. Don opiparum R. Clifton syn. laxum ssp. laxum (Sweet) G. Don orientum R. Clifton non sat. cogn. pachypodium J. P. Roux paniculatum Jacq. paradoxum Dinter nom. inval. syn. klinghardtense Knuth parviflorum Wendl. polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey. "rotundipetalum" Vorster syn. parviflorum Wendl. sisonifolium Baker syn. carnosum ssp. carnosum (L.) L'Herit. vassari Morris & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux
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