Ditepalanthus afzelii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Ditepalanthus
Species: Ditepalanthus afzelii

Name

Ditepalanthus afzelii Fagerl. Ark. Bot. 29A(7): 13. (1938)

• Type locality: "Habitat in Madagaskar (prope locum Moramanga) locis humidis in silva primaeva, c. 800 m.s.m."
• Type: Madagaskar; K. Afzelius & B. Palm s.n.; SUNIV.

Note:: Accepted species by Govaerts 2024, but considered as synonym of Ditepalanthus malagasicus (Jum. & Perrier) Fagerl. by Hassler 2024.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fagerlind, F. 1938. Ditepalanthus, eine neue Balanophoraceen-Gattung aus Madagaskar. Arkiv för Botanik 29A(7): 1–15. PDF (German), PDF (English) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ditepalanthus afzelii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ditepalanthus afzelii. 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. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ditepalanthus afzelii. Published online. Accessed: 18. Nov. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ditepalanthus afzelii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov. 2024.