Studies on the development of the endosperm, embryo and fruit are scarce in Balanophoraceae, since a particular pattern for the family has not been established. Moreover, discrepancies between the reported cases are being ...

Helosis cayennensis (Balanophoraceae s.str.) is a holoparasite characterised by aberrant vegetative bodies and tiny, reduced unisexual flowers. Here, we analysed the development of female flowers to elucidate their ...

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The extreme reduction of flowers in the Balanophoraceae has generated few and incomplete studies with scattered and often contradictory results with respect to embryology. Using light and scanning microscopy, gynoecium, ...

The vegetative body of Lophophytum leandrii is a ‘‘tuber’’ that completely lacks all vegetative organs typically found in photosynthetic plants. Tubers have a warty surface zone composed of parenchyma cells and brachysclereids; ...

This contribution provides new information on the association of weevils of the genus Oxycorynus Chevrolat (Belidae: Oxycoryninae) with parasitic plants of the genus Lophophytum Schott & Endl. (Balanophoraceae). New ...

Though they comprise 1 % of plant species on the planet, plant parasites are poorly known. They have been considered a threat to cultivated plants and to the conservation of host species in natural areas. Due to the complex ...