Probable Base Number for Genus x = 16
O. arbutifolius n=16 ref Stoutamine & Beaman 1960; Beaman et al. 1962
O. glanduliferus n=16 ref Beaman et al. 1962; Turner et al. 1962
O. oaxacanus n=16 ref King et al. 1976
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