Characteristics
Monocots
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.)Poir.
AUTUMN CORALROOT
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This mycoheterotrophic species derives its nutrients primarily from the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tomentella (Freudenstein & Barrett 2014).
Native
Endangered-State
Classification
Citation
CORALLORHIZA ODONTORHIZA (Willdenow) Poiret, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 10: 375. 1818; Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 197. 1818.
Cymbidium odontorhizon Willdenow 1805.
Without data, Muhlenberg s.n. (lectotype: B-W). Lectotypified by Freudenstein, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 20. 1997.