Soridium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Triuridaceae
Tribus: Sciaphileae
Genus: Soridium
Species: S. spruceanum
Name

Soridium Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 74 (1850)
References

Miers, J. (1850) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 2: 74. BHL.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Soridium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Soridium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 25.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Soridium. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2014.

Soridium is a genus of parasitic plants in the Triuridaceae, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. It contains only one known species, Soridium spruceanum, native to Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize and Guatemala.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.