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Langsdorffia
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Langsdorffia

Langsdorffia are a genus of flowering plants in the family Balanophoraceae, native to Central America, South America, Madagascar and New Guinea. They are parasites on the roots of other plants, with no chlorophyll or stomata of their own.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Langsdorffia hypogaea

speciesLangsdorffia hypogaea

Langsdorffia heterotepala

speciesLangsdorffia heterotepala

Langsdorffia papuana

speciesLangsdorffia papuana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 210457.