Standing Piloroot

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Standing Piloroot
(Ireopyrgus jupiter)
Main image of Standing Piloroot
Species is extinct.
24/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorColddigger Other
Week/Generation22/140
HabitatBarlowe Tundra
Size50 cm Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis, Detrivore
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual (Fruit with Seeds), Asexual (Detaching Roots)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta (info)
Rhagioanthia
Phoenopoopsida
Pilosotuberales
Ireopyrgaceae
Ireopyrgus
Ireopyrgus jupiter
Ancestor:Descendants:

The standing piloroot split from its ancestor and moved into Barlowe Tundra where it forms soft waving fields that cover the dry ground. They actually have several leaves that wrap around each other and stiffen to stand up, when dirt is kicked into them from fauna passing by they slowly absorb it. Their bright blue fruit is easily seen by herbivores that posses eyes which allows them to spread so well. Their fruit is no longer hollow and is now filled with tough but sugary flesh to attract herbivores into eating them.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
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    Statue Piloroot (genus Ireopyrgus)
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    Spiny Piloroot (family Ireopyrgaceae)
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    Pilunoroot (order Pilosotuberales)
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    Cup Qupe (class Phoenopoopsida)
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