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Petrosavia sakuraii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Petrosaviales
Family:	Petrosaviaceae
Genus:	Petrosavia
Species:	P. sakuraii
Binomial name
Petrosavia sakuraii (Makino) J.J.Sm. ex Steenis
Synonyms
Protolirion sakuraii (Makino) Dandy Protolirion miyoshia-sakuraii Makino, nom. illeg. Petrosavia miyoshia-sakuraii Makino Miyoshia sakuraii Makino

Petrosavia sakuraii, one of three species in the genus Petrosavia, is a monocotyledonous plant first described by Tomitaro Makino in 1903 (see illustration), distributed in eastern and south-eastern Asia. They are rare leafless achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic plants found in dark montane rainforests.

Distribution

Japan (Mino Province), China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, Sumatra.

References

1. Makino, T. (1903) Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 145.
2. Cameron, Chase & Rudall 2003
3. Flora of China vol. 24: Petrosavia sakuraii
4. Nuraliev, Maxim S.; Kuznetsov, Andrey N.; Kuznetsova, Svetlana P.; Averyanov, Leonid V. (2019). "Towards inventory of non-photosynthetic plants in Vietnam: a progress report" (PDF). Wulfenia. 26: 147–154.

Bibliography

• Cameron, Kenneth M.; Chase, Mark W.; Rudall, Paula J. (July 2003), "Recircumscription of the monocotyledonous family Petrosaviaceae to include Japonolirion", Brittonia, 55 (3): 214–225, doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0214:ROTMFP]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR 3218442, S2CID 39771490

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