Oxygyne

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Oxygyne
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Oxygyne triandra (G-M)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Oxygyne
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Type species
Oxygyne triandra
Synonyms [1]
  • SaioniaHatus.

Oxygyne is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It has a highly disjunct distribution, found in Japan in East Asia and in Cameroon in Central Africa. [1] [2] [3] The genus is composed by six species which are all mycoheterotrophic, are devoid of functional leaves and do not photosynthesise. [4]

Species [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. "Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Thorogood, Chris J. (2019). "Oxygyne : An extraordinarily elusive flower". Plants, People, Planet. 1 (2): 67–70. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.26 . ISSN   2572-2611. S2CID   91843793.