Category: Balanophora

Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle ?; .   please identify this plant. : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Balanophora sp. root parasite I tried to identify the species from literature but failed to assign the name from the images.  Was it clicked in Nagaland ? Pl. mention the date also. Pl. check with images […]

Balanophora polyandra Griff., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 94 1851. (syn: Acroblastum polyandrum (Griff.) Setch.; Polyplethia polyandra (Griff.) Tiegh.); Image by Late M.K.Pathak, provided by Tapas Chakrabarty Balanophora polyandra! :  5 posts by 5 authors. 1 image. I am attaching a photo of female of Balanophora polyandra (id needs confirmation) taken by late Mithilesh Kumar Pathak […]

Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 410 1894. (Syn: Acroblastum parvius (Hayata) Setch. & Yamam.; Acroblastum spicatum (Hayata) Setch.; Balania formosana (Hayata) Masam.; Balania parvior (Hayata) Masam.; Balania spicata (Hayata) Masam.; Balanophora formosana Hayata; Balanophora hexamera (Tiegh.) Lecomte; Balanophora hongkongensis K.M.Lau, N.H.Li & S.Y.Hu; Balanophora hongkongensis K.M. Lau et al.; Balanophora morrisonicola Hayata; […]

Balanophora harlandii Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 426 1859. (Syn: Balania ceracea Tiegh. [Unplaced]; Balania harlandii (Hook.f.) Tiegh.; Balania henryi (Hemsl.) Tiegh.; Balania kawakamii (Valeton) Masam.; Balania kudoi (Yamam.) Yamam.; Balanophora ceracea (Tiegh.) Valeton; Balanophora esquirolii H.Lév.; Balanophora harlandii var. mutinoides (Hayata) F.W.Xing; Balanophora henryi Hemsl.; Balanophora kawakamii Valeton; Balanophora kudoi Yamam.; Balanophora lancangensis […]

Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 50 1775. (syn: Balanophora forsteri Tiegh.; Balanophora fungosa f. extratropica F.M.Bailey; Balanophora fungosa var. kuroiwai Makino; Balanophora fungosa var. mariannae (Hosok.) Hosok.; Balanophora kuroiwai (Makino) Makino; Balanophora mariannae Hosok.; Balanophora micholitzii Ridl.; Cynomorium australe Hook.f.; Cynomorium balanophora Willd.; Cynomorium fungosum Raeusch. ex Steud.; Cynomorium parasiticum Sw. ex […]

Balanophora indica (Arn.) Griff. ( Syn: …………………); as per Catalogue of Life; . Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica (Arn.) B.Hansen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 28: 100 1972. (Syn: Balaniella pedicellaris (Schltr.) Hosok.; Balaniella sphaerica Tiegh.; Balanophora annamensis S.Moore; Balanophora bonii Tiegh.; Balanophora burmannica Griff.; Balanophora cryptocaudex S.Y.Chang & P.C.Tam; Balanophora decurrens Fawc.; Balanophora elkinsii Blatt.; Balanophora fungosa var. […]

Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 330 1836. (Syn: Balanophora affinis Griff.; Balanophora alveolata Griff.; Balanophora hookeriana Hemsl.); . Common name: Himalayan Balanophora . Dioecious annual roots parasites. Rootstock tuberous, lobed, 4-6 cm in diameter. Leaves absent, Stem glabrous, fleshy, yellowish-white, unbranched, 10-15 cm long, stout, covered with laxly imbricated scaly leaves. […]