Hexalectris grandiflora

Hexalectris grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Bletiinae
Genus: Hexalectris
Species: H. grandiflora
Binomial name
Hexalectris grandiflora
(A.Rich. & Galeotti) L.O.Williams
Synonyms[1]
  • Corallorhiza grandiflora A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Hexalectris mexicana Greenm.
  • Hexalectris grandiflora f. luteoalba P.M.Br.

Hexalectris grandiflora, the largeflower crested coralroot[2] or giant coral-root, is a species of orchid native to Mexico from Chihuahua south to Oaxaca, as well as to western and north-central Texas. It is a myco-heterotrophic species, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained by fungi in the soil.[1][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Hexalectris grandiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, A.H. & Watson, L.E. (2010). Species deliminations and phylogenetic relationships within the fully myco-heterotrophic Hexalectris (Orchidaceae). Systematic Botany 35: 64-76.
  4. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 606, Hexalectris grandiflora (A. Richard & Galeotti) L. O. Williams, J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 81. 1944.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
  6. ↑ Brown-Marsden, Margaret, & Anne B. Collins. 2006. Range extension of Hexalectris grandiflora (Orchidaceae) in Texas. Sida 22(2):1239-1244.
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