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Hexalectris warnockii, the Texas crested coralroot, Texas purple-spike, is a myco-heterotrophic orchid found in the states of Texas and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in the states of Coahuila and Baja California Sur in northern Mexico.
Hexalectris (crested coralroot) [1] is a genus of the family Orchidaceae, comprising 10 known species of fully myco-heterotrophic orchids. [2] These species are found in North America, with the center of diversity in northern Mexico. [3] None of the species are particularly common. [4]
Hexalectris spicata, the spiked crested coralroot, [2] is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Coahuila.
Hexalectris revoluta, the Chisos Mountain crested coralroot, [1] is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is closely related to H. colemanii; the two are regarded by some authors as varieties of the same species.
Hexalectris grandiflora, the largeflower crested coralroot [2] or giant coral-root, is a species of orchid native to Mexico from Chihuahua south to Oaxaca, as well as to western and north-central Texas. It is a myco-heterotrophic species, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained by fungi in the soil. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
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Corallorhiza, the coralroot, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family. Except for the circumboreal C. trifida , [ 1 ] the genus is restricted to North America (including Mexico , Central America and the West Indies ).