| Oxygyne | |
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| Oxygyne triandra (G-M) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Oxygyne Schltr. |
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| Oxygyne triandra Schltr. | |
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Oxygyne is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It has a highly disjunct distribution, found in Japan in East Asia and in Cameroon in Central Africa. The genus is composed by six species which are all mycoheterotrophic, are devoid of functional leaves and do not photosynthesise.
Species
- Oxygyne hyodoi C.Abe & Akasawa - Ehime on Shikoku Island in Japan
- Oxygyne shinzatoi (Hatus.) C.Abe & Akasawa - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) in Japan
- Oxygyne triandra Schltr. - Cameroon
- Oxygyne yamashitae Yahara & Tsukaya - Yaku-shima in Japan
References
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- "Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Thorogood, Chris J. (2019). "Oxygyne : An extraordinarily elusive flower". Plants, People, Planet. 1 (2): 67–70. doi:10.1002/ppp3.26. ISSN 2572-2611. S2CID 91843793.
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