Balanophora laxiflora

Balanophora laxiflora

Balanophora laxiflora, illustration from Hemsley 1894

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 laxiflora

Name

Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 410, t. 9 fig. 2-3. (1894)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Acroblastum hexamerum (Tiegh.) Setch. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 146 (1935)
  • Acroblastum parvius (Hayata) Setch. & Yamam. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 146 (1935)
  • Acroblastum spicatum (Hayata) Setch. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 147 (1935)
  • Balania formosana (Hayata) Masam. in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 23: 204 (1933)
  • Balania parvior (Hayata) Masam. in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 23: 205 (1933)
  • Balania spicata (Hayata) Masam. in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 23: 205 (1933)
  • Balanophora formosana Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 168 (1913)
  • Balanophora hexamera (Tiegh.) Lecomte in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 62: 216 (1915)
  • Balanophora hongkongensis K.M.Lau, N.H.Li & S.Y.Hu in Harvard Pap. Bot. 7: 439 (2003)
  • Balanophora morrisonicola Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 198 (1915)
  • Balanophora oshimae Yamam. in Rep. (Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 1: 96 (1931)
  • Balanophora parvior Hayata in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25(19): 192 (1908)
  • Balanophora rugosa P.C.Tam in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(2): 114 (1984)
  • Balanophora spicata Hayata in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25(19): 192 (1908)
  • Balanophora taiwaniana S.S.Ying in Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 5: 514 (1995)
  • Polyplethia formosana (Hayata) Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 15: 748 (1939)
  • Polyplethia hexamera Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 195 (1907)
  • Polyplethia minor Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 15: 748 (1939)
  • Polyplethia morrisonicola (Hayata) Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 15: 748 (1939)
  • Polyplethia oshimae (Yamam.) Yamam. in J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 5: 354 (1933)
  • Polyplethia parvior (Hayata) Yamam. in J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 5: 406 (1933)
  • Polyplethia spicata (Hayata) Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 15: 748 (1939)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet Asia-Tropical Indo-China Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forbes, F.B. & Hemsley, W.B. 1889–1902. An Enumeration of all the Plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hongkong, together with their Distribution and Synonymy. — Part VII. (Continued from Vol. XXIII.) Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 26(173): 1–592. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1889.tb00105.x BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Balanophora laxiflora 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 laxiflora. 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 laxiflora. Published online. Accessed: 17. Nov. 2024.

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