Corsia
Corsia is a little-studied plant genus from the monocotyledon family Corsiaceae. It was first described in 1877 by Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari and contains 25 species, all of which lack chlorophyll and parasitize fungi for nutrition. All 25 species are distributed through New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Corsia merimantaensis
speciesCorsia merimantaensis
Corsia clypeata
speciesCorsia clypeata
Corsia cordata
speciesCorsia cordata
Corsia dispar
speciesCorsia dispar
Corsia ornata
speciesCorsia ornata
Corsia torricellensis
speciesCorsia torricellensis
Corsia triceratops
speciesCorsia triceratops
Corsia resiensis
speciesCorsia resiensis
Corsia wubungu
speciesCorsia wubungu
Corsia wiakabui
speciesCorsia wiakabui
Corsia purpurata
speciesCorsia purpurata
Corsia viridopurpurea
speciesCorsia viridopurpurea
Corsia haianjensis
speciesCorsia haianjensis
Corsia cyclopensis
speciesCorsia cyclopensis
Corsia boridiensis
speciesCorsia boridiensis
Corsia acuminata
speciesCorsia acuminata
Corsia crenata
speciesCorsia crenata
Corsia lamellata
speciesCorsia lamellata
Corsia cornuta
speciesCorsia cornuta
Corsia brassii
speciesCorsia brassii
Corsia pyramidata
speciesCorsia pyramidata
Corsia papuana
speciesCorsia papuana
Corsia unguiculata
speciesCorsia unguiculata
Corsia arfakensis
speciesCorsia arfakensis
Corsia huonensis
speciesCorsia huonensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 850362.