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Arachnitis uniflora

Arachnitis uniflora

Phil., 1864
Flor De La Araña

Family: Corsiaceae
Order: Liliales
Class: Liliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Arachnitis uniflora, the sole species in the genus Arachnitis, is a non-photosynthetic plant species in the family Corsiaceae. This species is mycoheterotrophic, and it obtains carbon from mycorrhizal fungi of the family Glomeraceae which are associated to its roots.

A. uniflora is native to southern South America (Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) and the Falkland Islands.

 Although the fungi present in the roots of this species are in some ways the same kind of arbuscular mycorrhizae which are found in the roots of many plants, the details of their association with the plant roots differ in key ways (such as the absence of arbuscules).

Source: Wikipedia, article Arachnitis uniflora. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
141210729/11/2012ArgentinaChubutParque Nacional Los AlercesWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Arachnitis uniflora – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.