Tiputinia

Tiputinia
Tiputinia foetida on forest floor in Pastaza, Ecuador (April 2024)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Burmanniaceae
Genus:	Tiputinia P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.
Species:	T. foetida
Binomial name
Tiputinia foetida P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.

Tiputinia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 2007. There is only one known species, Tiputinia foetida, formerly thought to be endemic to eastern Ecuador, new records from Peru[1] suggest that the distribution is more widespread than formerly thought. The plant is mycotrophic, i.e. lacking chlorophyll and obtaining sustenance from fungi in the soil.[2][3]

Gallery

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  Tiputinia foetida on forest floor at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Napo, Ecuador (April 2005)
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  Tiputinia foetida closeup

References

1. "Tiputinia (Tiputinia foetida)". 28 March 2020.
2. Woodward, Catherine L.; Berry, Paul E.; Kamer, Hiltje Maas-van de; Swing, Kelly (2007-02-01). "Tiputinia foetida, a new mycoheterotrophic genus of Thismiaceae from Amazonian Ecuador, and a likely case of deceit pollination". Taxon. 56 (1). Wiley: 157–162. ISSN 0040-0262. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.

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