Summary description from Wikipedia:

Balanophoraceae in languages:

Chinese

蛇菰科

English

balanophora family

Japanese

ツチトリモチ科

Polish

Gałecznicowate

Russian

Баланофоровые

Thai

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Parent Taxon

• Santalales

Sibling Taxa

• Balanophoraceae
• Loranthaceae
• Misodendraceae
• Olacaceae
• Opiliaceae
• Santalaceae
• Schoepfiaceae

Child Taxa

• Balanophora
• Chlamydophytum
• Corynaea
• Dactylanthus
• Ditepalanthus
• Hachettea
• Helosis
• Langsdorffia
• Lathrophytum
• Lophophytum
• Mystropetalon
• Ombrophytum
• Rhopalocnemis
• Sarcophyte
• Scybalium
• Thonningia

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