Rank Species | Order Petrosaviales | |
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Similar Petrosavia, Petrosaviaceae, Japonolirion, Burmannia, Triuridaceae |
Petrosavia sakuraii, one of three species in the genus Petrosavia, is a monocotyledonous plant first described by Tomitaro Makino in 1903 (see illustration), distributed in eastern and south-eastern Asia. They are rare leafless achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic plants found in dark montane rainforests.
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