Monographs Details:
Authority:
Hansen, Bertel. 1980. Balanophoraceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 23: 1-80. (Published by NYBG Press)
Hansen, Bertel. 1980. Balanophoraceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 23: 1-80. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Balanophoraceae
Balanophoraceae
Synonyms:
Langsdorffia janeirensis Rich., Thonningia janeirensis (Rich.) Liebm., Thonningia mexicana Liebm., Langsdorffia moritziana Klotzsch & H.Karst., Langsdorffia rubiginosa Wedd.
Langsdorffia janeirensis Rich., Thonningia janeirensis (Rich.) Liebm., Thonningia mexicana Liebm., Langsdorffia moritziana Klotzsch & H.Karst., Langsdorffia rubiginosa Wedd.
Description:
Species Description - Description based on wet and dry specimens. Fleshy root parasites with yellowish to wine red colors. Tuber in male specimens mostly horizontal and much elongated, in female specimens shorter and ascending, 0.7-1.9 cm diam., more or less pubescent. Inflorescence-bearing stems basally with a 5-8-lobed volva. Total length from volva inclusive of inflorescence in males 3.1-13 cm, in females 2-14 cm. Stems with numerous spirally arranged, triangular-lanceolate, scaly leaves 0.4-1.0 x 1.6-3.5 cm, margin ciliate. Inflorescences unisexual, not branched; male ones cylindrical, 1.8-3.2 x 2.5-5.0 cm, with flowers expanded; female ones hemispherical, 1.7-5.8 cm wide and 1.4-3.5 cm long. Male flowers bracteate with a pedicel 6-10 x 1-1.3 mm. Bracts each reduced to 2 conical bodies with a slightly widened tip. Perianth segments 3, valvate, cucullate, 1.8-1.9 x 1.2-1.5 mm. Stamens connate into a synandrium. Anthers 3, connate into a head 1-1.7 x 1 mm, each anther 2-locular, horseshoeshaped with the bend upwards. Female flowers linear-prismatic, ebracteate, densely arranged but free from each other, 1.5 x 0.25 mm. Perianth tubular, irregularly lobed. Style exserted, 0.5-0.6 x 0.1 mm. Ovary apparently without a cavity. Fruit a small, 1-seeded achene.
Species Description - Description based on wet and dry specimens. Fleshy root parasites with yellowish to wine red colors. Tuber in male specimens mostly horizontal and much elongated, in female specimens shorter and ascending, 0.7-1.9 cm diam., more or less pubescent. Inflorescence-bearing stems basally with a 5-8-lobed volva. Total length from volva inclusive of inflorescence in males 3.1-13 cm, in females 2-14 cm. Stems with numerous spirally arranged, triangular-lanceolate, scaly leaves 0.4-1.0 x 1.6-3.5 cm, margin ciliate. Inflorescences unisexual, not branched; male ones cylindrical, 1.8-3.2 x 2.5-5.0 cm, with flowers expanded; female ones hemispherical, 1.7-5.8 cm wide and 1.4-3.5 cm long. Male flowers bracteate with a pedicel 6-10 x 1-1.3 mm. Bracts each reduced to 2 conical bodies with a slightly widened tip. Perianth segments 3, valvate, cucullate, 1.8-1.9 x 1.2-1.5 mm. Stamens connate into a synandrium. Anthers 3, connate into a head 1-1.7 x 1 mm, each anther 2-locular, horseshoeshaped with the bend upwards. Female flowers linear-prismatic, ebracteate, densely arranged but free from each other, 1.5 x 0.25 mm. Perianth tubular, irregularly lobed. Style exserted, 0.5-0.6 x 0.1 mm. Ovary apparently without a cavity. Fruit a small, 1-seeded achene.
Distribution:
Mexico North America| Oaxaca Mexico North America| Costa Rica South America| Heredia Costa Rica Central America| Panama Central America| Chiriquí Panamá Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Boyacá Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Meta Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Huila Colombia South America| Caquetá Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Mérida Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Ecuador South America| Imbabura Ecuador South America| Azuay Ecuador South America| Santiago-Zamora Ecuador South America| Peru South America| San Martín Peru South America| Chachapoyas Peru South America| Huánuco Peru South America| Bolivia South America| Chuquisaca Bolivia South America| Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Ceará Brazil South America| Pernambuco Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| Paraná Brazil South America|
Mexico North America| Oaxaca Mexico North America| Costa Rica South America| Heredia Costa Rica Central America| Panama Central America| Chiriquí Panamá Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Boyacá Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Meta Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Huila Colombia South America| Caquetá Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Mérida Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Ecuador South America| Imbabura Ecuador South America| Azuay Ecuador South America| Santiago-Zamora Ecuador South America| Peru South America| San Martín Peru South America| Chachapoyas Peru South America| Huánuco Peru South America| Bolivia South America| Chuquisaca Bolivia South America| Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Ceará Brazil South America| Pernambuco Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| Paraná Brazil South America|