''Sciaphila'' is a genus of

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plants in the family

Triuridaceae Triuridaceae are a family of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including nine genera with a total of approximately 55 known species. All members lack chlorophyll and are mycoheterotrophic (obtain food by digesting intracellular fungi, o ...

. These plants receive nutrition from fungi and neighboring trees and have less need for photosynthesis. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found in

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. The most noteworthy feature of the genus is the number of the various flower parts (sepals, petals. stamens etc) 99.9 percent of Monocots are trimerous (parts in threes or multiples of three), but Sciaphila spp. can have eight or even ten parts in a whorl.

Species

Many species names have been proposed, including some for taxa now transferred to other genera. The following are accepted as member of ''Sciaphila'': * '' Sciaphila africana'' A.Chev. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Congo-Brazzaville, * '' Sciaphila albescens'' Benth. - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, the Guianas * '' Sciaphila aneitensis'' Hemsl. - Vanuatu, Futuna, Niue * '' Sciaphila arcuata'' Aver. - Vietnam * '' Sciaphila arfakiana'' Becc. - Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Micronesia, Fiji, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands * '' Sciaphila consimilis'' Blume - Taiwan, Philippines * '' Sciaphila corallophyton'' K.Schum. & Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Pohnpei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago * '' Sciaphila corniculata'' Becc. - Maluku, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands * ''

Sciaphila corymbosa ''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 ...

'' Benth. - Brazil, Colombia * ''

Sciaphila densiflora ''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 ...

'' Schltr. - Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Maluku * ''

Sciaphila janthina ''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 ...

'' (Champ.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka, southern India * ''

Sciaphila japonica ''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 ...

'' Makino - Japan * ''

Sciaphila jianfenglingensis ''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 ...

'' Han Xu, Y.D.Li & H.Q.Chen - Hainan * ''

Sciaphila khasiana ''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 ...

'' Benth. & Hook.f. - Assam * ''

Sciaphila lambirensis ''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 ...

'' Suetsugu - Sarawak * ''

Sciaphila ledermannii ''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 ...

'' Engl. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe * ''

Sciaphila micranthera ''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 ...

'' Giesen in H.G.A.Engler - Borneo * ''

Sciaphila multiflora ''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 ...

'' Giesen in H.G.A.Engler - Ryukyu Islands, Caroline Islands, Mindanao, New Guinea * '' Sciaphila nana'' Blume - Jeju-do Island, Ryukyu Islands, Volcano Islands, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra * '' Sciaphila oligantha'' Maas - State of Amazonas in Brazil * '' Sciaphila papillosa'' Becc - New Guinea * '' Sciaphila picta'' Miers - Yucatán Peninsula, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela * '' Sciaphila polygyna'' Maas - Colombia, French Guiana * '' Sciaphila purpurea'' Benth. - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Sciaphila quadribullifera'' J.J.Sm. - New Guinea * '' Sciaphila ramosa'' Fukuy. & T.Suzuki - Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bonin Islands * '' Sciaphila rubra'' Maas - Brazil, Venezuela * '' Sciaphila schwackeana'' Johow - Brazil * '' Sciaphila secundiflora'' Thwaites ex Benth. - China, Japan, Bonin Islands, Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka * '' Sciaphila stellata'' Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam * '' Sciaphila sugimotoi'' Suetsugu & T.Nishioka - Japan * '' Sciaphila tenella'' Blume - Sri Lanka, Kyushu, southern China, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands * '' Sciaphila thaidanica'' K.Larsen - Thailand * ''

Sciaphila wariana ''Sciaphila'' is a genus of myco-heterotrophy, 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 subtropic ...

'' (Schltr.) Meerend - Papua New Guinea * '' Sciaphila winkleri'' Schltr. - Borneo, New Guinea * '' Sciaphila yakushimensis'' Suetsugu - Yakushima

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2889177 Pandanales genera Parasitic plants Triuridaceae