Kihansia
Sign in to saveKihansia is a genus of parasitic plants in the Triuridaceae, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. It contains only one known species, Kihansia lovettii, endemic to the Ulanga District of Tanzania.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPandanales
- FamilyTriuridaceae
Native toCameroon, Tanzania
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- Parent taxon
- Triuridaceae
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- Kihansia
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Kihansia is a genus of parasitic plants in the Triuridaceae, lacking chlorophyll and obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil. It contains only one known species, Kihansia lovettii, endemic to the Ulanga District of Tanzania.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kihansia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.