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Gymnosiphon suaveolens

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Species of flowering plant

Gymnosiphon suaveolens
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Gymnosiphon
Species: G. suaveolens
Binomial name
Gymnosiphon suaveolens
(H.Karst.) Urb.

Gymnosiphon suaveolens is a flowering plant that can be found from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. It mostly grows in tropical rainforests and lives parasitically on fungus to survive. It can remain underground for many years, emerging only when the conditions are right to flower and fruit.

References

  1. ^ Brummitt, N. (2013). "Gymnosiphon suaveolens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T44392627A44399407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44392627A44399407.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Mycotrophs". parasiticplants.siu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
Taxon identifiers
Gymnosiphon suaveolens


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