Scybalium

Scybalium fungiforme

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Scybalium
Species: S. depressum – S. fungiforme – S. glaziovii – S. jamaicense

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Scybalium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 21. Reference page.

Name

Scybalium Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 3. t. 2 (1832).

• Type species: Scybalium fungiforme Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 3, pl. 2. (1832)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Phyllocoryne Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 51 (1856)
  • Sphaerorhizon Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 50 (1856)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Scybalium fungiforme, illustration from the protologue

References

Primary references

• Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica. C. Gerold, Wien. 36 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hooker, J.D. 1856. On the Structure and Affinities of Balanophoreae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 22: 1–68. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Scybalium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Scybalium. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Scybalium. Published online. Accessed: 21. Nov. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Scybalium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2024.

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