• Source: Petrosavia sakuraii

Petrosavia sakuraii, one of three species in the genus Petrosavia, is a monocotyledonous plant first described by Tomitaro Makino in 1903 (see illustration), distributed in eastern and south-eastern Asia. They are rare leafless achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic plants found in dark montane rainforests.




Distribution


Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, Sumatra.




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• Petrosavia sakuraii
• Petrosavia
• Petrosaviaceae
• Lilioid monocots
• List of lilioid families