Hexalectris
| crested coralroot | |
|---|---|
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| Hexalectris spicata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Bletiinae[1] |
| Genus: | Hexalectris Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart | |
Hexalectris (crested coralroot)[2] is a genus of the family Orchidaceae, comprising 10 known species of fully myco-heterotrophic orchids.[3] These species are found in North America, with center of diversity in northern Mexico.[4]
Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:[4]
- Hexalectris arizonica (S.Watson) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson (2010) - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Coahuila
- Hexalectris brevicaulis L.O.Williams (1940) - central and southern Mexico
- Hexalectris colemanii (Catling) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson (2010) - southern Arizona
- Hexalectris fallax M.I.Rodr. & R.González (2005) - Jalisco
- Hexalectris grandiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) L.O.Williams (1944) - widespread from Texas and Chihuahua south to Oaxaca
- Hexalectris nitida L.O.Williams (1944) - from Texas and New Mexico to southern Mexico
- Hexalectris parviflora L.O.Williams (1940) - from Sonora to Guatemala
- Hexalectris revoluta Correll (1941) - western Texas, southeastern New Mexico, northeastern Mexico
- Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart (1904) - United States from Arizona east to Florida and Maryland
- Hexalectris warnockii Ames & Correll (1943 - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, northern Mexico
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Hexalectris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ "Flora of North America".
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
External links
Media related to Hexalectris at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hexalectris at Wikispecies- US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Hexalectris spicata
- Go Orchids,North American Orchid Conservation Center, Hexalectris spicata
- New Mexico Rare Plants, Hexalectris nitida (Shining crested coralroot, Glass Mountain crested coralroot)
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas @ Austin, Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart Spiked crested coralroot
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