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Oxygyne
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Oxygyne, Scientific classification ...
Oxygyne | |
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Oxygyne triandra (G-M) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Dioscoreales |
Family: | Burmanniaceae |
Genus: | Oxygyne Schltr. |
Type species | |
Oxygyne triandra | |
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