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.[2] It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found in Africa, China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Latin America (from southern Mexico to Brazil) and on various islands Pacific Islands.[1]

Sciaphila
Sciaphila secundiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Triuridaceae
Genus: Sciaphila
Blume
Type species
Sciaphila tenella
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Aphylleia Champ.
  • Hyalisma Champ.
  • Lilicella Rich. ex Baill.
  • Andruris Schltr.
  • Parexuris Nakai & Maek.

Species

Many species names have been proposed, including some for taxa now transferred to other genera. The following are accepted as member of Sciaphila:[1]

  • 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 Benth. - Brazil, Colombia
  • Sciaphila densiflora Schltr. - Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Maluku
  • Sciaphila janthina (Champ.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka, southern India
  • Sciaphila japonica Makino - Japan
  • Sciaphila jianfenglingensis Han Xu, Y.D.Li & H.Q.Chen - Hainan
  • Sciaphila khasiana Benth. & Hook.f. - Assam
  • Sciaphila ledermannii Engl. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé & Principe
  • Sciaphila micranthera Giesen in H.G.A.Engler - Borneo
  • Sciaphila multiflora 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[3]
  • 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 (Schltr.) Meerend - Papua New Guinea
  • Sciaphila winkleri Schltr. - Borneo, New Guinea
  • Sciaphila yakushimensis Suetsugu - Yakushima
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