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Gastrodia sesamoides from Australian Orchids
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Gastrodia is a genus of orchids containing about 69 species.
Distribution[]
Plants are found from are found growing in decaying organic matter along with fungi.
Description[]
Plants in this genus have no chlorophyll and survive with an underground tuber. The plant relies on the fungus Armellaria mellea for nutrient.
Culture[]
All species of this genus are mycoheterotrophic and thus cannot be cultivated as of the time of writing.
Naming[]
This genus was named after its bulging sepals.
Species[]
- Gastrodia abscondita J.J.Sm., 1903.
- Gastrodia africana Kraenzl., 1900.
- Gastrodia angusta S.Chow & S.C.Chen, 1983.
- Gastrodia appendiculata C.S.Leou & N.J.Chung, 1990.
- Gastrodia arunachalensis S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao, 1985.
- Gastrodia autumnalis T.P.Lin, 1987.
- Gastrodia boninensis Tuyama, 1939.
- Gastrodia callosa J.J.Sm., 1931.
- Gastrodia celebica Schltr., 1911.
- Gastrodia confusa Honda & Tuyama, 1939.
- Gastrodia crassisepala L.O.Williams, 1942.
- Gastrodia crebriflora D.L.Jones, 1991.
- Gastrodia crispa J.J.Sm., 1921.
- Gastrodia cunninghamii Hook.f., 1853.
- Gastrodia dyeriana King & Pantl., 1895.
- Gastrodia elata Blume, 1856.
- Gastrodia entomogama D.L.Jones, 1991.
- Gastrodia exilis Hook.f., 1890.
- Gastrodia falconeri D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., 1998.
- Gastrodia fimbriata Suddee, 2005.
- Gastrodia flavilabella S.S.Ying, 1984.
- Gastrodia fontinalis T.P.Lin, 1987.
- Gastrodia gracilis Blume, 1856.
- Gastrodia grandilabris Carr, 1935.
- Gastrodia javanica (Blume) Lindl., 1840.
- Gastrodia lacista D.L.Jones, 1991.
- Gastrodia major Aver.,2006.
- Gastrodia menghaiensis Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen, 1994.
- Gastrodia minor Petrie, 1892 publ. 1893.
- Gastrodia mishmensis A.N.Rao, 1991.
- Gastrodia nipponica (Honda) Tuyama, 1939.
- Gastrodia papuana Schltr., 1911.
- Gastrodia procera G.W.Carr, 1991.
- Gastrodia pubilabiata Sawa, 1980.
- Gastrodia punctata Aver., 2006.
- Gastrodia queenslandica Dockrill,1964.
- Gastrodia sesamoides R.Br., 1810.
- Gastrodia shimizuana Tuyama, 1982.
- Gastrodia similis Bosser, 2006.
- Gastrodia taiensis Tuyama, 1941.
- Gastrodia theana Aver., 2005.
- Gastrodia tonkinensis Aver. & Averyanova, 2006.
- Gastrodia tuberculata F.Y.Liu & S.C.Chen, 1983.
- Gastrodia urceolata D.L.Jones, 1991.
- Gastrodia verrucosa Blume, 1856.
- Gastrodia vescula D.L.Jones, 1991.
- Gastrodia wuyishanensis Da M.Li & C.D.Liu, 2007.
- Gastrodia zeylanica Schltr., 1906.
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