Balanophoraceae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genera: Balanophora – Chlamydophytum – Corynaea – Dactylanthus – Ditepalanthus – Hachettea – Helosis – Langsdorffia – Lathrophytum – Lophophytum – Mystropetalon – Ombrophytum – Rhopalocnemis – Sarcophyte – Scybalium – Thonningia

Names in synonymy: Exorhopala

nom

Balanophoraceae Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 429 (1822) nom. cons.

Type genus: Balanophora J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. 50 (1775)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Balanophoroideae Engl. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 260 (1889), pro subfam.
Heterotypic
- Dactylanthaceae Takht., Sist. Magnoliof. 43 (1987)
  - Dactylanthoideae Engl. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 252 (1889), pro subfam.
    - Dactylantheae Benth. & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 233 (1880), pro trib.
- Hachetteaceae Doweld, Prosyllabus Tracheoph. xxiv (2001)
- Helosaceae Bromhead, Mag. Nat. Hist. N.S. 4: 336, 338 (1840) («Helosiaceae»)
  - Helosoideae Harms in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16b: 318 (1935) (“Helosidoideae”), pro subfam.
    - Heloseae Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 11 (1832) (“Helosieae”), pro trib.
- Langsdorffiaceae Pilg. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 4: 76 (1914)
  - Langsdorffioideae Takht., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 698 (1990) (“Langsdorfioideae”), pro subfam.
    - Langsdorffieae Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 12 (1832) (“Langsdorfieae”), pro trib.
- Lophophytaceae Bromhead, Mag. Nat. Hist. N.S. 4: 336, 338 (1840)
  - Lophophytoideae Engl., Syllabus, ed. 3: 115 (1903), pro subfam.
    - Lophophyteae Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 11 (1832), pro trib.
- Mystropetalaceae J.D. Hooker in Lindley, Veg. Kingd. ed. 3: 94 (1853) («Mystropetalinae»).
  - Mystropetaloideae Engl. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 252 (1889), pro subfam.
    - Mystropetaleae Eichler in De Candolle, Prodr. 17: 123 (1873), pro trib.
- Sarcophytaceae A.Kern., Pflanzenleb. 2: 708 (1891)
  - Sarcophytoideae Engl. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 252 (1889), pro subfam.
    - Sarcophyteae Endl., Gen. Pl. 73 (1836), pro trib.
- Scybaliaceae A.Kern., Pflanzenleb. 2: 708 (1891)
  - Scybalioideae Engl. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 250, 253 (1889), pro subfam.
    - Scybalieae Eichler in Actes Congr. Intern. Bot. 152 (1867)
    - Thonningieae Pilg. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 4: 78 (1914)

Note: Su et al. (2015) prefer to segregate Dactylanthus, Hachettea and Mystropetalon into Mystropetalaceae, but this has not gained wider acceptance and so a conservative position is adopted here.

References

Primary references

Richard, L.C. 1822. Mémoire sur une nouvelle famille des plantes: les Balanophorées. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 8: 404–435. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Nickrent, D.L., Soltis, D.E., Colwell, E.A., Wolfe, A.D., Young, N.D., Steiner, K.E., & de Pamphilis, C.W. 1998. Molecular phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of parasitic plants. Pp. 211-241, in Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., & Doyle, J. J. (eds), Molecular Systematics of Plants II: DNA Sequencing. Kluwer, Boston.
Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 538–558. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592019 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.
Nickrent, D.L. 2022. The Parasitic Plant Connection, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Available on line [1]. Reference page.
Su, H.J., Hu, J.M., Anderson, F.E., Der, J.P. & Nickrent, D.L. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of Santalales with insights into the origins of holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. Taxon 64(3): 491-506. DOI: 10.12705/643.2 PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Lohmüller, F.A. 2005. The Botanical System of the Plants[2]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Balanophoraceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2023 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Balanophoraceae. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2019 Jan. 25. Reference page.

Vernacular names

日本語: ツチトリモチ科
中文: 蛇菰科

For more multimedia, look at Balanophoraceae on Wikimedia Commons. (en)