Balanophora involucrata

Balanophora involucrata

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 involucrata

Name

Balanophora involucrata Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22(1): 30, 44, pl. 4–6. (1856)

Type: India: Sikkim: 7000-9000 ft [2133 – 2743 m]. J.D. Hooker s.n. Lectotype (selected by Hansen 1972): K 000674596; ⧼Isolectotpye⧽: BM.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Balania involucrata (Hook.f.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 297 (1896)
  • Bivolva involucrata (Hook.f.) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907)

• Heterotypic
• (ref. Lidén, 2019 and Hassler 2024, but accepted species in Govaerts 2024)
  • Balanophora fargesii (Tiegh.) Engl. ex Harms, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16b: 332 (1935).

• (ref. Govaerts & Hassler 2024, but treated as synonyms of Balanophora flava in Lidén, 2019)
  • Balanophora involucrata var. cathcartii Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856)
    • Type: Hooker, Sikkim, 9000 ft [2743 m], specimen in spirit (K), see tab. VII in Hooker (1856).
  • Bivolva cathcartii (Hook.f.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907)
  • Balania cathcartii (Hook.f.) Setch., Hong Kong Naturalist, Suppl. 1: 11 (1932)
  • Balanophora involucrata var. gracilis Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856)
    • Type: tab. VII in Hooker (1856), no specimen.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1856. On the Structure and Affinities of Balanophoreae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 22: 1–68. BHL Reference page. 
• Hansen, B. 1972. The genus Balanophora J.R. & G. Forster, a taxonomic monograph. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 28(1), 188 pp. København. Reference page. 
• Lidén, M. 2019. Balanophoraceae, SE Asia: On the identity of Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. and B. flava (Hook.f.) Lidén comb. nov. Pleione 13(1): 139–141. DOI: 10.26679/Pleione.13.1.2019.139-141, PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Balanophora involucrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Balanophora involucrata. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Balanophora involucrata. Published online. Accessed: 17. Nov. 2024.

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