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Wullschlaegelia
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Wullschlaegelia

Wullschlaegelia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Caribbean Islands and to much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. These are myco-heterotrophic plants, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from soil fungi.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Wullschlaegelia calcarata

speciesWullschlaegelia calcarata

Wullschlaegelia aphylla

speciesWullschlaegelia aphylla

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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 272955.