''Soridium'' is a genus of parasitic plants in the

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 ...

, lacking

chlorophyll Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words , ("pale green") and , ("leaf"). Chlorophyll allow plants to ...

and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. It contains only one known species, ''Soridium spruceanum'', native to

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and Guatemala.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9079059 Pandanales genera Monotypic Pandanales genera Parasitic plants Triuridaceae