Biology:Oxygyne

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Oxygyne
Die Pflanzenwelt Afrikas, insbesondere seiner tropischen Gebiete - Grundzge der Pflanzenverbreitung im Afrika und die Charakterpflanzen Afrikas (1910) (20752542508).jpg
Oxygyne triandra (G-M)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Oxygyne
Schltr.
Type species
Oxygyne triandra
Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Saionia Hatus.

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.[1][2][3] The genus is composed by six species which are all mycoheterotrophic, are devoid of functional leaves and do not photosynthesise.[4]

Species[1]

  • 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=256341. 
  2. 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.
  3. (in en) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.. v.38 (1907). 1907-01-01. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/128059#page/153/mode/1up. 
  4. Thorogood, Chris J. (2019). "Oxygyne : An extraordinarily elusive flower" (in en). Plants, People, Planet 1 (2): 67–70. doi:10.1002/ppp3.26. ISSN 2572-2611. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.26. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1331342 entry