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Sciaphila
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Sciaphila

Sciaphila is a genus of mycoheterotrophic plants in the family Triuridaceae. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found in Africa, China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Latin America (from southern Mexico to Brazil) and on various islands Pacific Islands.

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45 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sciaphila ramosa

speciesSciaphila ramosa

Sciaphila albescens

speciesSciaphila albescens

Sciaphila secundiflora

speciesSciaphila secundiflora

Sciaphila purpurea

speciesSciaphila purpurea

Sciaphila nana

speciesSciaphila nana

Sciaphila densiflora

speciesSciaphila densiflora

Sciaphila maculata

speciesSciaphila maculata

Sciaphila arfakiana

speciesSciaphila arfakiana

Sciaphila major

speciesSciaphila major

Sciaphila madagascariensis

speciesSciaphila madagascariensis

Sciaphila thomassetii

speciesSciaphila thomassetii

Sciaphila aneitensis

speciesSciaphila aneitensis

Sciaphila picta

speciesSciaphila picta

Sciaphila alba

speciesSciaphila alba

Sciaphila corniculata

speciesSciaphila corniculata

Sciaphila ledermannii

speciesSciaphila ledermannii

Sciaphila corallophyton

speciesSciaphila corallophyton

Sciaphila tenella

speciesSciaphila tenella

Sciaphila corymbosa

speciesSciaphila corymbosa

Sciaphila multiflora

speciesSciaphila multiflora

Sciaphila oligantha

speciesSciaphila oligantha

Sciaphila schwackeana

speciesSciaphila schwackeana

Sciaphila consimilis

speciesSciaphila consimilis

Sciaphila arcuata

speciesSciaphila arcuata

Sciaphila janthina

speciesSciaphila janthina

Sciaphila papillosa

speciesSciaphila papillosa

Sciaphila micranthera

speciesSciaphila micranthera

Sciaphila khasiana

speciesSciaphila khasiana

Sciaphila winkleri

speciesSciaphila winkleri

Sciaphila wariana

speciesSciaphila wariana

Sciaphila stellata

speciesSciaphila stellata

Sciaphila polygyna

speciesSciaphila polygyna

Sciaphila yakushimensis

speciesSciaphila yakushimensis

Sciaphila betung-kerihunensis

speciesSciaphila betung-kerihunensis

Sciaphila brevistyla

speciesSciaphila brevistyla

Sciaphila inouei

speciesSciaphila inouei

Sciaphila sugimotoi

speciesSciaphila sugimotoi

Sciaphila lambirensis

speciesSciaphila lambirensis

Sciaphila quadribullifera

speciesSciaphila quadribullifera

Sciaphila atra

speciesSciaphila atra

Sciaphila mwanihanensis

speciesSciaphila mwanihanensis

Sciaphila rubra

speciesSciaphila rubra

Sciaphila thaidanica

speciesSciaphila thaidanica

Sciaphila africana

speciesSciaphila africana

Sciaphila jianfenglingensis

speciesSciaphila jianfenglingensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 272946.