Oxygyne
| Oxygyne | |
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| Oxygyne triandra (G-M) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Oxygyne Schltr. |
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| Oxygyne triandra | |
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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]
- Oxygyne hyodoi C.Abe & Akasawa - Ehime on Shikoku Island in Japan
- Oxygyne shinzatoi (Hatus.) C.Abe & Akasawa - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) in Japan
- Oxygyne triandra Schltr. - Cameroon
- Oxygyne yamashitae Yahara & Tsukaya - Yaku-shima in Japan
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 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.
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