Triuris hyalina

Triuris hyalina is a species in genus Triuris. It is a tiny flowering plant no more than a few cm tall, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining its nutrients from fungi in the soil. It is known from Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela.[1][2][3][4]

Triuris hyalina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Triuridaceae
Genus: Triuris
Species:
T. hyalina
Binomial name
Triuris hyalina
Miers, 1841
Synonyms[1]
  • Triuris major Poulsen
  • Triuris mycenoides Ule
  • Triuris hyalina var. longicauda Brade

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Maas, P.J.M. & Rübsamen, T. (1986). Triuridaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 40: 1-55.
  3. Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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