Tiputinia

Tiputinia
Tiputinia foetida on forest floor in Pastaza, Ecuador (April 2024)
Scientific classification Edit this 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., 2007

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 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.

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.