Arachnitis uniflora Phil.

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 217 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Central Peru, Central Bolivia, Central & S. Chile to Falkland Islands. It is a holomycotrophic perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Falkland Is., Peru

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Kew Bulletin

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  • Vogel, S. (1978). Pilzmückenblumen als Pilzmimeten. Flora 167: 329 – 398.
  • Zhang, D., Saunders, R. M. K. & Hu, C.-M. (1999). Corsiopsis chinensis gen. et sp. nov. Corsiaceae: first record of the family in Asia. Syst. Bot. 24: 311 – 314.
  • ____, Acevedo-Rodríguez, P., Beck, S., Belgrano, M. J., Bernal, R., Berry, P. E., Brako, L., Celis, M., Davidse, G., Forzza, R. C., Gradstein, S. R., Hokche, O., León, B., León-Yánez, S., Magill, R. E., Neill, D. A., Nee, M., Raven, P. H., Stimmel, H., Strong, M. T., Villaseñor, J. L., Zarucchi, J. L., Zuloaga, F. O. & Jørgensen, P. M. (2017). An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas. Science 358: 1614 – 1617.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile K002885525 Yes
Acosta, M.; Rosas, M. [1068] Chile K001275894 No
Teague [s.n.] Argentina K002885524 Yes
Philippi, R.A. [s.n.] Chile K000524617 Unknown Type Material Yes
Donat, A. [424] Chile K002885522 Yes
JK [s.n.] Chile K000524618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Comber, H.F. [519] Argentina K002885523 Yes
Philippi, R.A. [s.n.] Chile K000524619 Unknown Type Material Yes

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