Balanophora involucrata

Balanophora involucrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Balanophora
Species: Balanophora involucrata

Name

Balanophora involucrata Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22(1): 30, 44, pl. 4–6. (1856)

Type: India: Sikkim: 7000-9000 ft [2133 – 2743 m]. J.D. Hooker s.n. Lectotype (selected by Hansen 1972): K 000674596; ⧼Isolectotpye⧽: BM.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Balania involucrata (Hook.f.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 297 (1896)
    • Bivolva involucrata (Hook.f.) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907)
  • Heterotypic
  • (ref. Lidén, 2019 and Hassler 2024, but accepted species in Govaerts 2024)
  • (ref. Govaerts & Hassler 2024, but treated as synonyms of Balanophora flava in Lidén, 2019)
    • Balanophora involucrata var. cathcartii Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856)
      • Type: Hooker, Sikkim, 9000 ft [2743 m], specimen in spirit (K), see tab. VII in Hooker (1856).
    • Bivolva cathcartii (Hook.f.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907)
    • Balania cathcartii (Hook.f.) Setch., Hong Kong Naturalist, Suppl. 1: 11 (1932)
    • Balanophora involucrata var. gracilis Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856)
      • Type: tab. VII in Hooker (1856), no specimen.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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