Balanophoraceae
Lophophytum

Lophophytum rizzoi Delprete

First published in Kew Bull. 59: 292 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Goiás). It is a holoparasitic geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil West-Central

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Giulietti & al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, MG.

Kew Bulletin

  • --- (1869). Balanophoreae. In: C. F. P. von Martius, A. G. Eichler & I. Urban (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis 4 (2): 1 -74, tabs. 1 - 16. Fleischer, München.
  • --- (1945a). Bildung und Entwicklung des Embryosacks bei sexuellen und agamo spermischen Balanophora-arten. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 39: 65 - 82.
  • --- (1945b). Blüte und Blütenstand der Gattung Balanophora. Bot. Not. 1945 (4): 330-350.
  • --- (1945c). Bau der floralen Organe bei der Gattung Langsdorffia. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 39: 197 -210.
  • --- (1971). Balanophoraceae do Estado de Rio de Janeiro. Atas Soc. Biol. Rio de Janeiro 14 (5 - 6): 151 - 155.
  • --- (1973). Contribuição ao estudo das Balanophoraceae do Estado de Minas Gérais. Loefgrenia 57: 1-5.
  • --- (1975). Balanoforáceas. In: R. Reitz (ed.), Flora Ilustrada Catarinense BALA. 42 p., 13 figs., 3 maps. Herbário Barbosa Rodrigues, Itajaí, Santa Catarina.
  • --- (1993). 107. Balanophoraceae. In: A. R. A. Görts- van Rijn (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Ser. A, Phanerogams. Fascicle 14: 40-43. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.
  • Borchsenius, F. & Olesen, J. M. (1990). The amazonian root holoparasite Lophophytum mirabile (Balanophoraceae) and its pollinators and herbivores. J. Trop. Ecol. 6: 501 - 505.
  • Eichler, A. G. (1867). Sur la structure de la fleur femelle de quelques Balanophorées. Act. Congr. Int. Bot. Paris 137 - 155, tabs. 1-2.
  • Fagerlind, F. (1938). Bau und Entwicklung der floralen Organe von Helosis cayennemis. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 32 (2): 139- 159.
  • Fraga Falcão, W. de A. (1966). Balanophoraceae do Estado de Guanabara. Rodriguésia 37: 133 - 139.
  • Hansen, B. (1980). Balanophoraceae. FI. Neotrop. Monogr. 23: 1 - 80.
  • Kuijt, J. & Dong, W. X. (1990). Surface features of the leaves of Balanophoraceae - A family without stomata? Pl. Syst. Evol. 170: 29 - 35.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Giulietti & al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, MG.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0