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.