Sciaphila

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Triuridaceae
Tribus: Sciaphileae
Genus: Sciaphila
Species: S. africana – S. albescens – S. aneitensis – S. arcuata – S. arfakiana – S. consimilis – S. corallophyton – S. corniculata – S. corymbosa – S. densiflora – S. janthina – S. jianfenglingensis – S. khasiana – S. ledermannii – S. micranthera – S. multiflora – S. nana – S. oligantha – S. papillosa – S. picta – S. polygyna – S. purpurea – S. quadribullifera – S. ramosa – S. rubra – S. schwackeana – S. secundiflora – S. stellata – S. tenella – S. thaidanica – S. wariana – S. winkleri – S. yakushimensis
Name

Sciaphila Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 514 (1826)
Type species: Sciaphila tenella Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 515 (1826)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aphylleia Champ., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 7: 468 (1847)
Hyalisma Champ., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 7: 466 (1847)
Lilicella Rich. ex Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1188 (1895)
Andruris Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 71 (1912)
Parexuris Nakai & Maek., Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 1: 23 (1936)

References

Blume, C.L. von (1826) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië, 514.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Sciaphila in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 July 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Sciaphila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 July 25.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Sciaphila. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2014.

Vernacular names
中文: 霉草属

Sciaphila is a genus of mycoheterotrophic plants in the family Triuridaceae. These plants receive nutrition from fungi and neighboring trees and have less need for photosynthesis.[2] It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, found in Africa, China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Latin America (from southern Mexico to Brazil) and on various islands Pacific Islands.[1]
Species

Many species names have been proposed, including some for taxa now transferred to other genera. The following are accepted as member of Sciaphila:[1]

Sciaphila africana A.Chev. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Congo-Brazzaville,
Sciaphila albescens Benth. - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, the Guianas
Sciaphila aneitensis Hemsl. - Vanuatu, Futuna, Niue
Sciaphila arcuata Aver. - Vietnam
Sciaphila arfakiana Becc. - Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia,, Indonesia, New Guinea, Micronesia, Fiji, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
Sciaphila consimilis Blume - Taiwan, Philippines
Sciaphila corallophyton K.Schum. & Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Pohnpei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
Sciaphila corniculata Becc. - Maluku, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands
Sciaphila corymbosa Benth. - Brazil, Colombia
Sciaphila densiflora Schltr. - Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Maluku
Sciaphila janthina (Champ.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka, southern India
Sciaphila japonica Makino - Japan
Sciaphila jianfenglingensis Han Xu, Y.D.Li & H.Q.Chen - Hainan
Sciaphila khasiana Benth. & Hook.f. - Assam
Sciaphila ledermannii Engl. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé & Principe
Sciaphila micranthera Giesen in H.G.A.Engler - Borneo
Sciaphila multiflora Giesen in H.G.A.Engler - Ryukyu Islands, Caroline Islands, Mindanao, New Guinea
Sciaphila nana Blume - Jeju-do Island, Ryukyu Islands, Volcano Islands, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
Sciaphila oligantha Maas - State of Amazonas in Brazil
Sciaphila papillosa Becc - New Guinea
Sciaphila picta Miers - Yucatán Peninsula, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela
Sciaphila polygyna Maas - Colombia, French Guiana
Sciaphila purpurea Benth. - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Sciaphila quadribullifera J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
Sciaphila ramosa Fukuy. & T.Suzuki - Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bonin Islands
Sciaphila rubra Maas - Brazil, Venezuela
Sciaphila schwackeana Johow - Brazil
Sciaphila secundiflora Thwaites ex Benth. - China, Japan, Bonin Islands, Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka
Sciaphila stellata Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam
Sciaphila sugimotoi Suetsugu & T.Nishioka - Japan[3]
Sciaphila tenella Blume - Sri Lanka, Kyushu, southern China, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
Sciaphila thaidanica K.Larsen - Thailand
Sciaphila wariana (Schltr.) Meerend - Papua New Guinea
Sciaphila winkleri Schltr. - Borneo, New Guinea
Sciaphila yakushimensis Suetsugu - Yakushima

References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
Suetsugu, Kenji; Sugimoto, Takaomi (2018). "First Record of the Mycoheterotrophic Plant Sciaphila corniculata (Triuridaceae) from Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with Updated Description of its Morphology, in particular on Stylar Characteristics". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica. 69 (1). doi:10.18942/apg.201717. ISSN 1346-7565.
Suetsugu & T.Nishioka (2017-07-25). "Sciaphila sugimotoi (Triuridaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic plant from Ishigaki Island, Japan". Phytotaxa. 314 (2): 279–284. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.10.