Hexalectris

Hexalectris
Hexalectris spicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Bletiinae[1]
Genus: Hexalectris
Raf.
Species
  • Hexalectris grandiflora
  • Hexalectris nitida
  • Hexalectris spicata
  • etc.

Hexalectris is a genus of the family Orchidaceae, comprising 7 species of fully myco-heterotrophic orchids.[2] These species are found in North America, with center of diversity in northern Mexico.

Species

  • Hexalectris brevicaulis
  • Hexalectris grandiflora
  • Hexalectris nitida
  • Hexalectris parviflora
  • Hexalectris revoluta
  • Hexalectris spicata
  • Hexalectris arizonica
  • Hexalectris warnockii

References

  1. ^ Victoria Sosa "A Molecular and Borphological Phylogenetic Study of Subtribe Bletiinae (Epidendreae, Orchidaceae)" Systematic Botany (2007), 32)1): pp. 34-42 retrieved from http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1600/036364407780360175?cookieSet=1
  2. ^ "Flora of North America". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=115401. 

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