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Gymnosiphon
Sign in to saveGymnosiphon (yellowseed) is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants from the yam order. Like most of the other members of the family in which the plant is placed (Burmanniaceae), Gymnosiphon is entirely myco-heterotrophic genus that does not contain chlorophyll and respectively does not perform photosynthesis.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Gymnosiphon, and connects out to Monocots, Africa and Asia.
It is catalogued under topics including Burmanniaceae, Dioscoreales genera and Parasitic plants.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderDioscoreales
- FamilyBurmanniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 214
- With media
- 119
- Family
- Burmanniaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, UACH, CENARGEN, UFPE, GH, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brasil, Brazil, Philippines, Guinea, Jamaica, Ecuador, Colombia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Burmanniaceae
- Image
- Gymnosiphon longistylus Douala-Edea Reserve Cameroon IMG 2163.JPG
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Gymnosiphon (yellowseed) is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants from the yam order. Like most of the other members of the family in which the plant is placed (Burmanniaceae), Gymnosiphon is entirely myco-heterotrophic genus that does not contain chlorophyll and respectively does not perform photosynthesis.
Gymnosiphon is distributed across the moist, tropical regions of Asia, America and Africa. The plant has very small size and thin stems. Leaves are rudimentary and with appearance like scales or bracts. Its flowers are white in color, pale and solitary or sometimes collected in tiny inflorescences of few depending on the species. They are also actinomorphic with three larger outer tepals and three more inner and smaller ones.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gymnosiphon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.