TRIURIDACEAE
Morphological description
Small saprophytic (echlorophyllose) herbs.
Leaves
Leaves reduced to scales.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flowers ovary inferior.
Fruit
Fruit.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Polygalaceae (Epirixanthes) and Liliaceae (Petrosavia): ovary superior.
Distribution: The family is widely, but patchily distributed. In Malesia only Sciaphila (Andruris).
Notes: Members of the family are inconspicuous inhabitants of the rain forest floor. Where they occur, they may be abundant, often associated with other saprophytes.
Literature: J.P.M. van den Meerendonk, Fl. Males. I, 10 (1984) 109-121.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Sciaphila 7, 92.
Illustrations: Fig. 174. Sciaphila densiflora Schltr. (Triuridaceae). Habit; male flower, enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 10 (1984) 119, fig. 4.
Images in PhytoImages for Triuridaceae.