Sciaphila
Sciaphila is a genus of mycoheterotrophic plants in the family Triuridaceae. These plants receive nutrition from fungi and neighboring trees and have less need for photosynthesis. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found in Africa, China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Latin America (from southern Mexico to Brazil) and on various islands Pacific Islands. The most noteworthy feature of the genus is the number of the various flower parts (sepals, petals. stamens etc.) 99.9 percent of Monocots are trimerous (parts in threes or multiples of three), but Sciaphila spp. can have eight or even ten parts in a whorl.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sciaphila ramosa
speciesSciaphila ramosa
Sciaphila albescens
speciesSciaphila albescens
Sciaphila secundiflora
speciesSciaphila secundiflora
Sciaphila purpurea
speciesSciaphila purpurea
Sciaphila nana
speciesSciaphila nana
Sciaphila densiflora
speciesSciaphila densiflora
Sciaphila maculata
speciesSciaphila maculata
Sciaphila major
speciesSciaphila major
Sciaphila arfakiana
speciesSciaphila arfakiana
Sciaphila madagascariensis
speciesSciaphila madagascariensis
Sciaphila thomassetii
speciesSciaphila thomassetii
Sciaphila aneitensis
speciesSciaphila aneitensis
Sciaphila picta
speciesSciaphila picta
Sciaphila corniculata
speciesSciaphila corniculata
Sciaphila ledermannii
speciesSciaphila ledermannii
Sciaphila alba
speciesSciaphila alba
Sciaphila corallophyton
speciesSciaphila corallophyton
Sciaphila tenella
speciesSciaphila tenella
Sciaphila corymbosa
speciesSciaphila corymbosa
Sciaphila multiflora
speciesSciaphila multiflora
Sciaphila oligantha
speciesSciaphila oligantha
Sciaphila schwackeana
speciesSciaphila schwackeana
Sciaphila consimilis
speciesSciaphila consimilis
Sciaphila arcuata
speciesSciaphila arcuata
Sciaphila janthina
speciesSciaphila janthina
Sciaphila papillosa
speciesSciaphila papillosa
Sciaphila micranthera
speciesSciaphila micranthera
Sciaphila khasiana
speciesSciaphila khasiana
Sciaphila winkleri
speciesSciaphila winkleri
Sciaphila wariana
speciesSciaphila wariana
Sciaphila stellata
speciesSciaphila stellata
Sciaphila polygyna
speciesSciaphila polygyna
Sciaphila yakushimensis
speciesSciaphila yakushimensis
Sciaphila betung-kerihunensis
speciesSciaphila betung-kerihunensis
Sciaphila brevistyla
speciesSciaphila brevistyla
Sciaphila inouei
speciesSciaphila inouei
Sciaphila sugimotoi
speciesSciaphila sugimotoi
Sciaphila lambirensis
speciesSciaphila lambirensis
Sciaphila quadribullifera
speciesSciaphila quadribullifera
Sciaphila atra
speciesSciaphila atra
Sciaphila mwanihanensis
speciesSciaphila mwanihanensis
Sciaphila rubra
speciesSciaphila rubra
Sciaphila thaidanica
speciesSciaphila thaidanica
Sciaphila africana
speciesSciaphila africana
Sciaphila jianfenglingensis
speciesSciaphila jianfenglingensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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