Hexalectris arizonica

Arizona crested coralroot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Bletiinae
Genus:	Hexalectris
Species:	H. arizonica
Binomial name
	Hexalectris arizonica; (S.Watson) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson
Synonyms
	Corallorhiza arizonica S.Watson; Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S.Watson) Catling & V.S.Engel;

Hexalectris arizonica (spiked crested coralroot, Arizona crested coralroot) is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Coahuila. It is closely related to H. spicata and sometimes regarded as a variety of that species.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hexalectris arizonica
^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 605, Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S. Watson) Catling & V. S. Engel, Lindleyana. 8: 122. 1993.
^ Paul M. Catling & Victor S. Engel. 1993. Systematics and Distribution of Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 8: 122

External links

[calamity-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hexalectris arizonica

[2] Flora of North America, v 26 p 605, Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S. Watson) Catling & V. S. Engel, Lindleyana. 8: 122. 1993.

[3] Paul M. Catling & Victor S. Engel. 1993. Systematics and Distribution of Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 8: 122

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