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Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-25
Page range: 279–284
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Sciaphila sugimotoi (Triuridaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic plant from Ishigaki Island, Japan

Department of Biology, Graduate school of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Distribution mycoheterotrophic plants new species Sciaphila taxonomy Triuridaceae Ryukyu Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Sciaphila (Triuridaceae), S. sugimotoi Suetsugu & T. Nishioka, is described and illustrated from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The new species is similar to S. arfakiana in having a stipitate globose to ellipsoid knob without hairs in apices of all male perianth segments. However, it is clearly distinguishable by its shorter pedicel, filament-connective not extended and thick stem. A key to the Japanese Sciaphila based on the whole flower characteristics and stylar characteristics, are provided for easy identification of these rare mycoheterotrophic plants.

How to Cite

SUETSUGU, KENJI, and TATSUKI NISHIOKA. 2017. “<em>Sciaphila Sugimotoi </Em>(Triuridaceae), a New Mycoheterotrophic Plant from Ishigaki Island, Japan”. Phytotaxa 314 (2):279–284. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.10.