Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Geosiris aphylla

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Iridaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asparagales

Genus
  
Geosiris

Subfamily
  
Geosiridoideae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Similar
  
Nivenioideae, Witsenia, Isophysis, Klattia, Nemastylis

Geosiris aphylla is a species in the Iridaceae family of flowering plants, first described in 1894. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Geosiris aphylla is sometimes called the "earth-iris". It is a small myco-heterotroph lacking chlorophyll and obtaining its nutrients from fungi in the soil.

Its rhizomes are slender and scaly, and stems are simple or branched. The leaves are alternate, but having no use, are reduced and scale-like (hence the epithet "aphylla," meaning "without leaves"). The flowers are light purple.

References

Geosiris aphylla Wikipedia