Balanophoraceae

Translingual

Proper noun

Balanophoraceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Santalales – certain subtropical to tropical obligate parasitic flowering plants.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Santalales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Balanophora, Chlamydophytum, Corynaea, Ditepalanthus, Helosis, Langsdorffia, Lathrophytum, Lophophytum, Ombrophytum, Rhopalocnemis, Sarcophyte, Scybalium, Thonningia - genera
  • Dactylanthus, Hachettea, Mystropetalon - genera sometimes assigned to family Mystropetalaceae

See also

• Mystropetalaceae