''Hexalectris revoluta'', the Chisos Mountain crested coralroot, is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking

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and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is closely related to '' H. colemanii''; the two are regarded by some authors as varieties of the same species. ''Hexalectris revoluta'' is native to western Texas, southeastern New Mexico and

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.Biota of North America Program, county distribution map for ''Hexalectris revoluta'' (including ''H. colemanii'' in Arizona)
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15467222 Bletiinae Myco-heterotrophic orchids Orchids of the United States Orchids of Mexico Flora of Texas Flora of New Mexico Flora of Chihuahua (state) Plants described in 1941