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Balanophoraceae

4 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Santalales › Balanophoraceae

Balanophora fungosa is a non-chlorophyll holoparasitic flowering plant that grows in coastal Asian and Pacific habitats.

Langsdorffia hypogaea is a Neotropical parasitic plant in the Balanophoraceae family that grows from large underground pseudotubers.

Thonningia sanguinea Vahl is a parasitic fleshy herb with a range of traditional and practical uses across Africa.

Corynaea crassa is a leafless root hemiparasite from Central and South America used in Peruvian folk medicine.

Related Families

Loranthaceae 38 species Viscaceae 25 species Santalaceae 22 species Thesiaceae 8 species Amphorogynaceae 3 species Cervantesiaceae 3 species Comandraceae 2 species Opiliaceae 2 species

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