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Title Male flower of <em>Balanophora fungosa</em> at very high magnification Author Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA Keywords Balanophora fungosa, male flowers Description Balanophora fungosa, male flowers A male flower of Balanophora fungosa at very high magnification. Out of focus are a few of the brown petal-like structures. The white globe consists of the structures bearing pollen, the anthers, which have opened and look like papery scales. With a little imagination, you can see white pollen grains among those scale-like structures. Return to the Balanophora fungosa [1] page or the Parasitic Plant Index [2]. Publisher Botanical Society of America Additional data copyright: Carlquist, BSA license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license Collection Parasitic Plants Botanical Name <em>Balanophora fungosa</em> Location Area Mossman Gorge, near Cairns Location State Queensland Location Country Australia Categories Image Not a cover image

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