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Balanophoraceae L.C. Richard, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8: 429 (1822), nom. cons., “Balanophoreae”.
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The vegetative body of Thonningia consists of long, branching, horizontal cylinders, which Mangenot (1947) interpreted as roots provided with root caps, although this may be due to an error because, as Mauseth et al. (1992) commented, the line drawings accompanying Mangenot’s paper refer to a structure quite different in diameter from the massive elongate tuber. In Corynaea crassa short, numerous, about 4 mm long unbranched structures without a true epidermis were observed to develop from the surface of the tuber (Kuijt and Bruns 1987). These are the only indications for a possible occurrence of roots in Balanophoraceae known to me certainly worth of re-investigation.
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Kuijt, J., Hansen, B. (2015). Balanophoraceae. In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6_23
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