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Petrosavia

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Petrosavia is a genus in the family Petrosaviaceae. It includes three mycoheterotrophic species from eastern and southeastern Asia. Petrosavia amamiensis Hir.Takah., T.Yukawa & M.Maki Petrosavia sakuraii (Makino) J.J.Sm. ex Steenis (syn P. miyoshia-sakuraii) - Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, Sumatra Petrosavia sinii (K.Krause) Gagnep. in H.Lecomte - Guangxi Province of China Petrosavia stellaris Becc. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPetrosaviales
  5. FamilyPetrosaviaceae
Native toBorneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan
Observations recorded255

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
3
Family
Petrosaviaceae
Collections
RSA, K
Recorded in
Malaysia/Sarawak, Malaysia, Indonesia

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Petrosavia is a genus in the family Petrosaviaceae. It includes three mycoheterotrophic species from eastern and southeastern Asia. Petrosavia amamiensis Hir.Takah., T.Yukawa & M.Maki Petrosavia sakuraii (Makino) J.J.Sm. ex Steenis (syn P. miyoshia-sakuraii) - Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, Sumatra Petrosavia sinii (K.Krause) Gagnep. in H.Lecomte - Guangxi Province of China Petrosavia stellaris Becc. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petrosavia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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