Rhizanthella
Rhizanthella, commonly known as underground orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. All are leafless, living underground in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. The inflorescence is a head of flowers held at, or just above the ground but mostly covered by soil or leaf litter and little is known about the mechanism of pollination.
Underground orchids | |
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Rhizanthella gardneri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Subtribe: | Rhizanthellinae R.S.Rogers |
Genus: | Rhizanthella R.S.Rogers |
Type species | |
Rhizanthella gardneri R.S.Rogers (1928) | |
Synonyms | |
Cryptanthemis Rupp |
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