Gymnosiphon
Gymnosiphon (yellowseed) is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants from the yam order. Like most of the other members of the family in which the plant is placed (Burmanniaceae), Gymnosiphon is entirely myco-heterotrophic genus that does not contain chlorophyll and respectively does not perform photosynthesis.
Gymnosiphon is distributed across the moist, tropical regions of Asia, America and Africa. The plant has very small size and thin stems. Leaves are rudimentary and with appearance like scales or bracts. Its flowers are white in color, pale and solitary or sometimes collected in tiny inflorescences of few depending on the species. They are also actinomorphic with three larger outer tepals and three more inner and smaller ones.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gymnosiphon suaveolens
speciesGymnosiphon suaveolens
Gymnosiphon divaricatus
speciesGymnosiphon divaricatus
Gymnosiphon sphaerocarpus
speciesGymnosiphon sphaerocarpus
Gymnosiphon breviflorus
speciesGymnosiphon breviflorus
Gymnosiphon refractus
speciesGymnosiphon refractus
Gymnosiphon aphyllus
speciesGymnosiphon aphyllus
Gymnosiphon tenellus
speciesGymnosiphon tenellus
Gymnosiphon mayottensis
speciesGymnosiphon mayottensis
Gymnosiphon minutus
speciesGymnosiphon minutus
Gymnosiphon niveus
speciesGymnosiphon niveus
Gymnosiphon cymosus
speciesGymnosiphon cymosus
Gymnosiphon panamensis
speciesGymnosiphon panamensis
Gymnosiphon constrictus
speciesGymnosiphon constrictus
Gymnosiphon longistylus
speciesGymnosiphon longistylus
Gymnosiphon capitatus
speciesGymnosiphon capitatus
Gymnosiphon danguyanus
speciesGymnosiphon danguyanus
Gymnosiphon brachycephalus
speciesGymnosiphon brachycephalus
Gymnosiphon recurvatus
speciesGymnosiphon recurvatus
Gymnosiphon saccatum
speciesGymnosiphon saccatum
Gymnosiphon afro-orientalis
speciesGymnosiphon afro-orientalis
Gymnosiphon queenslandicus
speciesGymnosiphon queenslandicus
Gymnosiphon philippinensis
speciesGymnosiphon philippinensis
Gymnosiphon affinis
speciesGymnosiphon affinis
Gymnosiphon marieae
speciesGymnosiphon marieae
Gymnosiphon minahassae
speciesGymnosiphon minahassae
Gymnosiphon okamotoi
speciesGymnosiphon okamotoi
Gymnosiphon oliganthus
speciesGymnosiphon oliganthus
Gymnosiphon papuanus
speciesGymnosiphon papuanus
Gymnosiphon pauciflorus
speciesGymnosiphon pauciflorus
Gymnosiphon samoritoureanus
speciesGymnosiphon samoritoureanus
Gymnosiphon urbani
speciesGymnosiphon urbani
Gymnosiphon neglectus
speciesGymnosiphon neglectus
Gymnosiphon guianensis
speciesGymnosiphon guianensis
Gymnosiphon fimbriatus
speciesGymnosiphon fimbriatus
Gymnosiphon usambaricus
speciesGymnosiphon usambaricus
Gymnosiphon bekensis
speciesGymnosiphon bekensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 141197.