Lacandonia

Lacandonia schismatica

Summary 2

Lacandonia schismatica is the sole species of the genus Lacandonia and is endemic to the Lacandon Jungle in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is known from very few populations and is considered endangered by the researchers who investigate this species. L. schismatica is a saprophytic species that contains no chlorophyll and has the unique characteristic of inverted positions of the male (androecium) and female (gynoecium) floral parts, something that had not been seen in any...

Fuentes y Créditos

  1. (c) Juan Pablo Abascal, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/TropicosImages2/100136000/100136384.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacandonia_schismatica

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