Balanophora abbreviata

Balanophora abbreviata (fig. 2, left)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Balanophora
Species: Balanophora abbreviata

Name

Balanophora abbreviata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 87 (1827).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Balaniella abbreviata (Blume) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 181 (1907)
• Heterotypic
  • Acroblastum fawcettii (Elmer) Setch., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 146 (1935)
  • Acroblastum insulare (Ridl.) Setch., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 147 (1935)
  • Acroblastum pallens (Setch.) Sol. ex Setch., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 144 (1935)
  • Acroblastum subglobosum (Elmer) Setch., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 147 (1935)
  • Balaniella alutacea (Jungh.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 181 (1907)
  • Balaniella distans Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 183 (1907)
  • Balaniella hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Tiegh., in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 182 (1907)
  • Balanophora alutacea Jungh., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 205 (1841)
  • Balanophora cavaleriei H.Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 115 (1906)
  • Balanophora distans (Tiegh.) Harms, in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 16b: 332 (1935)
  • Balanophora fawcettii Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1659 (1913)
  • Balanophora hildebrandtii Rchb.f., J. Bot. 14: 45 (1876)
  • Balanophora insularis Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 218 (1906)
  • Balanophora kainantensis Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 33: 29, 112 (1943)
  • Balanophora laosensis Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 223 (1915)
  • Balanophora micrantha Warb., Fragm. Fl. Philipp. 3: 169 (1905)
  • Balanophora pallens Setch., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 12: 173 (1926)
  • Balanophora subglobosa Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1660 (1913)
  • Balanophora trimera Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 147 (1907)
  • Balanophora zollingeri Fawc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 234 (1886)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Cambodia, peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang, Johor), Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Java, Christmas Isl. (Austr.), China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian), India, Andaman Isl., Sumatra, Philippines (Luzon, Leyte, Mindanao), Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl., Marquesas Isl., Vanuatu, Society Isl. (Tahiti), Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.), Sikkim, India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Karnataka) Continental: Africa Congo (Brazzaville), Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1827–1830. Enumeratio Plantarum Javae et insularum adjacentium: minus cognitarum vel novarum ex herbariis Reinwardtii, Kohlii, Hasseltii et Blumii. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Balanophora abbreviata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Balanophora abbreviata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Balanophora abbreviata. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 06 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Balanophora abbreviata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

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