Hexalectris warnockii

Hexalectris warnockii
	Hexalectris warnockii in Dallas County, Texas.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Bletiinae
Genus:	Hexalectris
Species:	H. warnockii
Binomial name
	Hexalectris warnockii; Ames & Correll

Hexalectris warnockii (Texas crested coralroot, Texas purple-spike) is a myco-heterotrophic orchid found in the states of Texas and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in the states of Coahuila and Baja California Sur in northern Mexico. Being myco-heterotrophic, H. warnockii derives all of its nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.^[2]

References

^ "Plants profile for Hexalectris warnockii (Texas crested coralroot)". USDA Natural Resource Conservation Site. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
^ Poole, Jackie (2007). Rare Plants of Texas (1st ed.). College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-58544-557-8.

External links

Media related to Hexalectris warnockii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hexalectris warnockii at Wikispecies

[1] "Plants profile for Hexalectris warnockii (Texas crested coralroot)". USDA Natural Resource Conservation Site. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

[2] Poole, Jackie (2007). Rare Plants of Texas (1st ed.). College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-58544-557-8.

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