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Lactoris fernandeziana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Lactoridaceae
Genus: Lactoris
Phil.
Species: L. fernandeziana
Binomial name
Lactoris fernandeziana
Phil.
Contents
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1Taxonomy
2Description
3See also
4References
Taxonomy[edit]
It was formerly placed in Aristolochiaceae, but as of the APG III (2009) is
now placed alone in the family Lactoridaceae, in the order Piperales.
Morphological data are not clear concerning the classification
of Lactoris,[1] but molecular data place it in the Aristolochiaceae.[2]
Description[edit]
Lactoris fernandeziana seems to be wind-pollinated. The wild population of
about 1000 plants has low genetic diversity, and grows on foggy and rainy
slopes, usually as an understory plant but sometimes in full sun.
Cultivation of seedlings has generally been unsuccessful, although cuttings
have worked better and better knowledge of preferred growing conditions
may make cultivation easier.[3]
In the fossil record, pollen has been found which seems to be related to the
living Lactoris species.[3]
See also[edit]
Fernandezian Region
Juan Fernández Islands Flora
Lactoris fernandeziana — 1888 botanical illustration.
References[edit]