New combinations in Odontostemma (Caryophyllaceae) Author Rabeler, Richard K. University of Michigan Herbarium - EEB, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 - 2228, USA rabeler@umich.edu Author Wagner, Warren L. text PhytoKeys 2016 2016-06-02 63 77 97 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.63.8181 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.63.8181 1314-2003-63-77 5844FFA9FFD4FF818A03FB22FFAE354C 899025 Odontostemma Benth. ex G. Don Odontostemma Benth. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 449. 1831 Arenaria subg. Odontostemma (Benth. ex G. Don) F.N. Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 603. 1895. Gooringia F.N. Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 530. 1897. Type . Odontostemma glandulosum Benth. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 449. 1831 Description. Herbs annual, biennial, or perennial, diffuse, not pulvinate. Leaf blades linear to ovate, rarely subulate. Inflorescences cymose, terminal or sometimes axillary, the flowers often borne on long pedicels. Sepals often curved outward distally, often saccate, veins inconspicuous, margin membranous, apex truncate or acute. Petals usually longer than sepals (sometimes shorter, when cleistogamous flowers present), apex emarginate or shallowly bifid or toothed. Styles 2, seldom 3 [4(5) in Odontostemma weissianum ]. Seeds often inflated, roughened, without reticulate striations. About 65 species: Asia; 59 species (57 endemic) in China.