#balanophoraceae
Excited to share this preprint! Really nice collaborative work on the fascinating Balanophoraceae
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Balanophoraceae species parasitize other plants and exhibit numerous changes in organellar translation, including an altered plastid genetic code (UAG > Trp) mediated by duplication of a nuclear tRNA-Trp and substitution in its anticodon…

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January 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Researchers describe 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑒, a newly discovered parasitic flowering plant in the family Balanophoraceae.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I enjoyed this, it's always great to hear people enthuse about plants (this one's Dactylanthus, Balanophoraceae), the NZ accents are also lovely
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#LiteratureNotice Silva Medeiros et al. Beetle Pollination in the #Holoparasitic Lophophytum pyramidale (Balanophoraceae): A New Case of Brood-Pollination Mutualism? doi.org/10.1111/jen.... doi.org/10.1111/jen.... #Beetle #Beetles
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
fuck Balanophoraceae
April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ah yes, this and the physiologically similar but unrelated Balanophoraceae - the poster children of the "doctrine of signatures..."
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Peruvian Viagra from San José Province, Rivas, Costa Rica on June 17, 2018 at 12:06 PM by James Ojascastro
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January 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
📚💡The study analyzed data on host preferences of holoparasitic plants, collecting info from literature and herbarium specimens. The goal? Investigate how host diversity and specificity vary across parasitic species. (3/8)
October 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Sharing this reply (on that other site) to my posts about cultivated #parasiticplants. 🤯😍 Balanophora (#Balanophoraceae) successfully cultivated! It is a holoparasite, i.e. it has no chlorophyll so is completely dependent on its host, Pittosporum (#Pittosporaceae), for water & nutrients. #Botany 🌾🧪
February 15, 2024 at 9:41 AM
[Phys.Org]Parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh—it's also an extreme example of genome shrinkage - Phys.org If you happen to come across plants of the Balanophoraceae family in a corner of a forest, you might easily mistake them for fungi growing around tree roots. Their...
September 23, 2023 at 9:45 AM
@SkyNews: The mushroom-like balanophoraceae may look like fungi, but are actually a cluster of flowers called inflorescences https://t.co/3deqInqWCs
September 21, 2023 at 6:55 PM