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setSC-Balanophora_fungosa-1
Title
<em>Balanophora fungosa</em>
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Balanophoraceae, Balanophora fungosa
Description
Balanophoraceae, Balanophora fungosa
Balanophora is a flowering plant that parasitizes roots of trees. It belongs to a tropical family, Balanophoraceae. This is Balanophora fungosa, on the forest floor of Mossman Gorge, near Cairns in Queensland, Australia. Notice the pale colored modified leaves at the bases of these two shoots. Balanophora is entirely lacking in green pigments.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
Balanophora fungosa
Location Area
Mossman Gorge, near Cairns
Location State
Queensland
Location Country
Australia
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