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  6. ›triuris family
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Sciaphila yakushimensis

Sciaphila yakushimensis is a flowering plant in the family Triuridaceae found in Japan, at an elevation of 150 meters. It is a myco-heterotroph, meaning it parasitises fungi to gain nutrients instead of undergoing photosynthesis.

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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 848512.