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Internal ID UUID643ffadd877a6258239360
Scientific name Voyria aphylla
Authority (Jacq.) Pers.
First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 284 (1805)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lita aphylla F.Dietr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 5: 531 (1805)
Leiphaimos costaricensis Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 433 (1914)
Leiphaimos lutea C.V.Morton J. Washington Acad. Sci. 27: 310 (1937)
Leiphaimos aphylla Gilg Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 104 (1895)
Voyria araguensis H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 415 (1857)
Ciminalis alpina Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 19 (1837)
Ciminalis angustifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 19 (1837)
Ciminalis grandiflora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 19 (1837)
Exacum aphyllum (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 638 (1798)
Gentiana aphylla Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 17 (1760)
Hippion aphyllum F.W.Schmidt Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 11 (1796)
Ciminalis aphylla (Jacq.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 19 1836
Voyria pallida Garcke Linnaea 22: 65 (1849)
Leiphaimos uniflora Miq. Stirp. Surinam. Select. : 148 (1851)
Leiphaimos pallida Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 83 (1852)
Leiphaimos feildenii Urb. Symb. Antill. 7: 332 (1912)
Leiphaimos eximia Sandwith Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 379 (1928)
Vohiria aphylla (Jacq.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 284 1805
Vohiria uniflora Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1(2): 491 1797
Voyria uniflora var. pallida M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 258 (1890)
Voyria uniflora Pers. Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 284. 1805 [1 Apr-15 Jun 1805]
Lita uniflora F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 429 (1818)
Voyria uniflora Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 491 (1793)
Leiphaimos pallidus Walp.
Leiphaimos uniflorus Miq.

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English leafless ghostplant

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000421271
USDA Plants VOAP
Tropicos 13800604
INPN 630888
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1167766-2
The Plant List kew-2456128
Open Tree Of Life 496873
NCBI Taxonomy 873266
IPNI 1167766-2
iNaturalist 133665
GBIF 3170029
EOL 484210

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Mycoheterotrophic plants preferentially target arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi that are highly connected to autotrophic plants Gomes SI, Fortuna MA, Bascompte J, Merckx VS New Phytol 07-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9539982
doi:10.1111/nph.18310
PMID:35706373
Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Mycorrhizal Networks and Mycoheterotrophic Plants of Tropical Forests: A Stable Isotope Analysis Courty PE, Walder F, Boller T, Ineichen K, Wiemken A, Rousteau A, Selosse MA Plant Physiol 28-Apr-2011
PMCID:PMC3177289
doi:10.1104/pp.111.177618
PMID:21527422

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