Tiputinia

Tiputinia
	Tiputinia foetida on forest floor at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Napo, Ecuador (April 2005)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Burmanniaceae
Genus:	Tiputinia; P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.
Species:	T. foetida
Binomial name
	Tiputinia foetida; P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.

Tiputinia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 2007. There is only one known species, Tiputinia foetida, formerly thought to be endemic to eastern Ecuador, new records from Peru^[1] suggest that the distribution is more widespread than formerly thought. The plant is mycotrophic, i.e. lacking chlorophyll and obtaining sustenance from fungi in the soil.^[2]

References

^ "Tiputinia (Tiputinia foetida)". 28 March 2020.
^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.

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[1] "Tiputinia (Tiputinia foetida)". 28 March 2020.

[2] "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.

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