Mycoheterotrophic Plants

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Corallorhiza ekmanii Mansfeld ex Urban 1928

Corallorhiza ekmanii was described by Mansfeld in Urban (1928, not seen) who used specimens from Haiti, where this species grows in mountainous habitats at elevations from 1.800 to 2.300 m. The distribution is today know to include Haiti and the Dominican Republic (POWO 2021). The flowers of this rare species are cleistogamous and are therefore self-fertilizing (Freudenstein 1997). Mansfeld (Urban 1928) stated in the description that the flowers appear to be almost peloric. A close systematic relation to C. odontorhiza was further suggested by Freudenstein (1997).

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith