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Gymnosiphon (yellowseed) with Attributes

Synonyms: Benitzia; Cymbocarpa; Desmogymnosiphon; Gymnosipon; Ptychomeria

Wikipedia Abstract

Gymnosiphon (yellowseed) is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants from the yam order. As all 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. Phylogenetically Gymnosiphon is placed in the clade of Burmanniaceae sensu stricto.
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Species

Gymnosiphon niveus (Puerto Rico yellowseed) (Attributes)
Gymnosiphon refractus (cat's milk) (Attributes)
Gymnosiphon sphaerocarpus (mountain yellowseed) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0