balanophoraceae การใช้

Balanophoraceae and Hydnoraceae are root parasitic rather primitive dicots but not closely related.
He was interested in plant morphology and physiology, and published treatises on the morphology of Balanophoraceae, Loranthaceae and Lycopodiaceae.
It is likely that the initial host switch was to Balanophoraceae, but these parasitize a wide range of trees so little more can be said at present.
Some modern genera also feed on angiosperms, usually rather old groups like Balanophoraceae, Myrtaceae or Vitaceae, on cycads, or on evolved to utilize a wide range of the limited diversity of plants found there.