''Sciaphila thaidanica'' is one of the members of the genus ''
Sciaphila
''Sciaphila'' is a genus of mycoheterotrophic plants in the family Triuridaceae. These plants receive nutrition from fungi and neighboring trees and have less need for photosynthesis. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found i ...
'', (a genus in the family
Triuridaceae, one of the groups of
mycoheterotrophic plants, plants that obtains food by digesting intracellular fungi, rather than by photosynthesis) It has light purple coloration with large
flowers and
inflorescence. It is characterized by one of the smallest
plastomes ever encountered, which at the same time are very compact. It was recently discovered in
Borneo.
References
*Tsukaya, H., & Okada, H. (2013). Two new species of ''Sciaphila'' Blume (Triuridaceae) from Kalimantan, Borneo, with a new record of ''S. thaidanica'' from Borneo. Systematic Botany, 38(3), 600-605.
*Petersen, G., Zervas, A., Pedersen, H. Æ., & Seberg, O. (2018). Genome reports: Contracted genes and dwarfed plastome in mycoheterotrophic ''Sciaphila thaidanica'' (Triuridaceae, Pandanales). Genome biology and evolution, 10(3), 976-981.
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Parasitic plants
Triuridaceae