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Lophophytum

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Lophophytum

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Lophophytum is a genus of parasitic plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Lophophytum, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.

It sits within the topics Balanophoraceae and Santalales genera.

Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSantalales
  5. FamilyBalanophoraceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
24
With media
3
Family
Balanophoraceae
Collections
MO, NY, CPAP, JBRJ, FURB, UFOP
Recorded in
Peru, Brazil, Argentina, United States, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Balanophoraceae
Image
Lophophytum mirabile in Flora Brasiliensis tab 9.jpg
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taxon name
Lophophytum
taxon rank
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Commons category
Lophophytum
topic's main category
Category:Lophophytum
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Encyclopedic overview

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Lophophytum is a genus of parasitic plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae.

Its native range is Western South America to Brazil and Northern Argentina.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophophytum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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