Genera: Balanophora, Chlamydophytum, Corynaea, Dactylanthus, Ditepalanthus, Exorhopala, Hachettea, Helosis, Langsforffia, Lophophytum, Mystropetalon, Ombrophytum, Rhopalocnemis, Sarcophyte, Scybalium, Thonningia.
Botany: moist inland forests; subtropical to tropical; obligate parasitic plants, on tree roots; aboveground inflorescence like a fungus; no chlorophyll.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Balanophoraceae is a
Family in the Order
Santalales.
In the
Plant theory Balanophoraceae is treated in the same way and placed in
Subphase 7.