Hexalectris arizonica

Hexalectris arizonica (spiked crested coralroot, Arizona crested coralroot) is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Coahuila. It is closely related to H. spicata and sometimes regarded as a variety of that species.[1][2][3]

Arizona crested coralroot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Bletiinae
Genus:
Hexalectris
Species:
H. arizonica
Binomial name
Hexalectris arizonica
(S.Watson) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson
Synonyms[1]
  • Corallorhiza arizonica S.Watson
  • Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S.Watson) Catling & V.S.Engel

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hexalectris arizonica
  2. Flora of North America, v 26 p 605, Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S. Watson) Catling & V. S. Engel, Lindleyana. 8: 122. 1993.
  3. Paul M. Catling & Victor S. Engel. 1993. Systematics and Distribution of Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 8: 122
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