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setSC-Balanophora_fungosa-2
Title
<em>Balanophora fungosa</em>
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Balanophora fungosa, female flowers, male flowers
Description
Balanophora fungosa, female flowers, male flowers
Each flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa bears thousands of female flowers (the top portion) and a much smaller number of male flowers near the base of the flowering stalk. About twenty male flowers can be seen on the flowering stalk at left (they have white tips). The flowering stalk at right is older, and the male flowers have faded.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
Balanophora fungosa
Location Area
Mossman Gorge, near Cairns
Location State
Queensland
Location Country
Australia
Categories
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