balanophora family
Balanophoraceae
The Balanophoraceae (from the inflorescence which appears to be covered by barnacles) are a subtropical to tropical family of obligate parasitic flowering plants, notable for their unusual development and obscure affinities. The family consist of 17 genera and around 44 known species. The plants are normally found in moist inland forests growing on tree roots and have an aboveground inflorescence with the overall appearance of a fungus, composed of numerous minute flowers. The inflorescences develop inside...
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Balanophora
genusBalanophora
Helosis
genusHelosis
Corynaea
genusCorynaea
Langsdorffia
genusLangsdorffia
Bloodcobs
genusMystropetalon
Thonningia
genusThonningia
Lophophytum
genusLophophytum
Sarcophyte
genusSarcophyte
Scybalium
genusScybalium
Ombrophytum
genusOmbrophytum
Dactylanthus
genusDactylanthus
Hachettea
genusHachettea
Rhopalocnemis
genusRhopalocnemis
Lathrophytum
genusLathrophytum
Ditepalanthus
genusDitepalanthus
Chlamydophytum
genusChlamydophytum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 71450.