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Haplothismia

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Genus of flowering plants

Haplothismia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Haplothismia
Airy Shaw
Species: H. exannulata
Binomial name
Haplothismia exannulata
Airy Shaw

Haplothismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1952. There is only one known species, Haplothismia exannulata, endemic to southern India (Kerala + Tamil Nadu). The plant is mycotrophic, i.e. lacking chlorophyll and obtaining sustenance from fungi in the soil.

References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1952. A New Genus and Species of Burmanniaceae from South India. Kew Bulletin 7(2): 277.
  3. 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.


Taxon identifiers
Haplothismia


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