Description
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Dioecious reddish parasites, with a large irregular tuber, which does not produce rhizomes. Leaves scale-like, many, spirally arranged. Inflorescence much-branched, bearing unisexual flowers. Male plants: inflorescence branches bearing flowers in groups of 2-4 on short secondary branches, each branch subtended by a bract; male flowers 3(-4)-merous. Female plants: inflorescence branches with 5-12 subglobular spadix-like clusters of ± 200 flowers sunk in a common receptacle; style 0. Fruit a syncarp the fruits forming a spherical berry.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sarcophyte Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=509
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Sarcophyte: Brief Summary
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Sarcophyte is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae.
Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa.
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