Lacandonia [SEP] parent taxon
and botanical history.
Lacandonia is a genus of mycoheterotrophic plants in the Triuridaceae, with very unusual inverted floral morphology. It has two known species:
- "Lacandonia schismatica" 1989 - Chiapas in Mexico
- "Lacandonia brasiliana" 2012 - Paraíba in Brazil
"Lacandonia schismatica" was first described by Martínez and Clara Hilda Ramos in 1989, who placed the species in its own family, Lacandoniaceae, which itself was placed in the Triuridales. In 1991, Traudel Rübsamen-Weustenfeld suggested that "L. schismatica"
Lacandonia
Lacandonia is a mycoheterotrophic plant that contains no chlorophyll and has the unusual characteristic of inverted positions of the male (androecium) and female (gynoecium) floral parts, something that had not been seen in any other plants with the occasional exception of some individuals of the related "Triuris brevistylis".
Description.
"Lacandonia " is a small parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll and has a rhizomatous, mycotrophic habit. This genus exhibits racemous inflorescences and bract-like leaves. The flowers are actinomorphic and are considered "