Tiputinia

Tiputinia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 2007. There is only one known species, Tiputinia foetida, formerly thought to be endemic to eastern Ecuador, new records from Peru[1] suggest that the distribution is more widespread than formerly thought. The plant is mycotrophic, i.e. lacking chlorophyll and obtaining sustenance from fungi in the soil.[2]

Tiputinia
T. foetida on forest floor at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Napo, Ecuador (April 2005)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Tiputinia
P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.
Species:
T. foetida
Binomial name
Tiputinia foetida
P.E.Berry & C.L.Woodw.

References
  1. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40905049#activity_identification_92603394
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
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