. Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh by Botanical Survey of India (2012)) (Distribution):
Balanophora abbreviata Blume (India: Subtropical evergreen forests, 500 – 1000 m. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Karnataka and Andaman Islands; Africa (Congo, Madagascar), Nepal, Bhutan, SW. China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar to Malesia, up to Tahiti Islands)
Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle (India: Tropical and subtropical Himalayas, common in Meghalaya, between 500 – 2500 m. Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya; Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and China) Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (India: Dense primary rain forests, up to 1000 m. Manipur; China, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, NE. Australia and Pacific Islands) Balanophora harlandii Hook.f. (India: At about 2300 m altitude in Nagaland; China, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand) Balanophora indica (Arn.) Griff. var. agastyamalayana M.B.Viswan. (India: Evergreen tropical to subtropical forests of southern Western Ghats, at about 1200 m altitude. Tamil Nadu)
var. indica (India: Evergreen subtropical forests, in shaded forest floors, between 500 – 2500 m; NE. India and W. Ghats of Peninsular India. Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Mahara-shtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, SW. China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and Pacific Islands) var. minor Eichl. (India: Evergreen subtropical forests, 1500 2000 m. Tamil Nadu; Thailand) var. tirunelveliensis M.B.Viswan. (India: Evergreen tropical or subtropical forests of southern Western Ghats, at about 1200 m altitude. Tamil Nadu) Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. (India: Cool montane coniferous forests, 1500 – 4500 m on Himalayas from Kashmir to NE. India and Peninsular India; Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, China to E. Asian subcontinent) Balanophora polyandra Griff. (India: Subtropical forests, 1000 – 3000 m. Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Maharashtra; Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, SW. China) .
Balanophora page (Balanophoraceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 3 posts by 3 authors.
Pl. go through Balanophora page (Balanophoraceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (mainly done by D S Rawat ji). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. All images are correctly identified as per my knowledge. yes |