• Plants in the Balanophoraceae family that are found in tropical and temperate regions in Asia and tropical Africa generally resemble fungi growing around the roots of trees in the forest, but there is a lot more than meets the eye. (popsci.com)
  • It belongs to a tropical family, Balanophoraceae. (botany.org)
  • Olacaceae s.l. was divided into seven families, Balanophoraceae s.l. was divided into two, and Santalaceae s.l. into seven. (wikipedia.org)
  • Helosis is native to tropical America, but the family to which it belongs, Balanophoraceae, occurs in tropical areas around the globe. (botany.org)
  • is a perennial succulent holoparasitic genus in the family Balanophoraceae and consists of 23 accepted species. (cas.cn)
  • However, unlike other parasitic plants that extend a skinny projection called a haustorium into a host's tissue to steal its nutrients, plants in the Balanophora genus actually induce their host plant's vascular system to grow into a tuber to store nutrients. (popsci.com)
  • Researchers from Wuhan Botanical Garden systematically assess the traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of the genus Balanophora , discuss its medicinal potential, modern scientific research, and the relationship between them, and make some recommendations to encourage further development and utilization of this genus. (cas.cn)
  • The genus Balanophora has promising prospects as a potential candidate for drug discovery for treating several diseases. (cas.cn)
  • The genus Balanophora J. R. Forst. (cas.cn)
  • We give a breakdown of species by country, by conservation status category, and the number of species per status category in each family and genus. (blogspot.com)
  • Use the controls below to browse and search for images by family, genus, or species. (ngpherbaria.org)
  • This is Balanophora fungosa , on the forest floor of Mossman Gorge, near Cairns in Queensland, Australia. (botany.org)
  • Each flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa bears thousands of female flowers (the top portion) and a much smaller number of male flowers near the base of the flowering stalk. (botany.org)
  • The female flowers on the top half of this flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa are unbelievably small--they just look like grains of a white powder. (botany.org)
  • At a higher magnification, details of the male flowers and the female flowers on this flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa become evident. (botany.org)
  • Below, middle image, is a male flower of Balanophora fungosa at very high magnification. (botany.org)
  • The final image highlights a small portion of the flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa , showing female flowers at very high magnification. (botany.org)
  • The study found that Sapria has lost 38 percent of its genomes and Balanophora has lost 28 percent of their genomes over time, while evolving their parasitic behaviors, which the authors say is a record genetic shrinking for flowering plants. (popsci.com)
  • Balanophora species are among the most unusual flowering plants, with yellow, orange, or crimson inflorescences emerging from warty tubers linked to their host plants. (cas.cn)
  • By the late Cretaceous, angiosperms appear to have become the predominant group of land plants, and many fossil plants recognizable as belonging to modern families (including beech , oak , maple , and magnolia ) appeared. (academickids.com)
  • This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 using a specimen collected by George Hudson in Wellington and named Semiocosma balanophora. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pale specimens of I. balanophora can be confused with I. blepharidota however I. balanophora always has a wider an elongate dark patch along the forewing costa in comparison the narrow dash of I. blepharidota. (wikipedia.org)
  • Individuals (family name in upper case) utilizing specimens, silica gel material, or who have provided identifications. (harvard.edu)
  • I. balanophora is widespread through the North Island but is regarded as uncommon. (wikipedia.org)
  • Balanophora papuana is a herbaceous plant that is widespread throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and the archipelago of islands stretching from Sumatera to New Guinea. (mybis.gov.my)
  • This forms a unique underground organ made from tissue of both the host plant that Balanophora then uses to eat. (popsci.com)
  • Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a very streamlined parasitic plant. (popsci.com)
  • The extent of similar, but independent gene losses observed in Balanophora and Sapria is striking," study co-author and BGI Research plant geneticist Xiaoli Chen said in a statement . (popsci.com)
  • Notably, the genes related to the synthesis of a major hormone responsible for plant stress responses and signaling called abscisic acid (ABA) have also been lost in Balanophora and Sapria . (popsci.com)
  • Balanophora is a flowering plant that parasitizes roots of trees. (botany.org)
  • Parnell 2001 ), and other plant families, including Acanthaceae (Nandikar et al. (springeropen.com)
  • Lovage ( Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch) is an aromatic plant from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family used as a condiment in several regions of Europe and also described to have medicinal properties. (mdpi.com)
  • Sapria are members of the family Rafflesiaceae, including some very smelly corpse flowers , and can generally be found in tropical forests of Asia. (popsci.com)
  • Balanophora is entirely lacking in green pigments. (botany.org)
  • They found that both Balanophora and Sapria have even lost almost all of the genes associated with photosynthesis and other key biological processes, including nitrogen absorption, root development, and the regulation of flower development. (popsci.com)
  • They have significantly reduced morphologies, such as tiny flowers and rough leaves and are found parasitizing on the roots of ever-blooming trees with conspicuous leaves, particularly in the family Urticaceae, Fagaceae, Ericaceae, and Leguminosae. (cas.cn)
  • The APG IV system of 2016 includes seven families. (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] As in the earlier APG III system , it was accepted that Olacaceae sensu lato was paraphyletic but new family limits were not proposed as relationships were considered uncertain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)