| Underground orchids | |
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| Rhizanthella gardneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Rhizanthellinae R.S.Rogers |
| Genus: | Rhizanthella R.S.Rogers[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhizanthella gardneri R.S.Rogers (1928)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cryptanthemis Rupp | |
Rhizanthella, commonly known as underground orchids,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. All are leafless, living underground in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. The inflorescence is a head of flowers held at, or just above the ground but mostly covered by soil or leaf litter and little is known about the mechanism of pollination.
- ^ "Rhizanthella". Kew Science - Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Rhizanthella". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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