Name:		Balanophoraceae Rich. & A. Rich. [basionym]
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		Santalales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Acroblastum Archimedea Balaneikon Balania Balaniella Balanophora Forster & G. Forster Bivolva Blepharochlamys Caldasia Cephalophyton Chlamydophytum Mildbr. Corynaea Hook. f. Cynomorium L. Cynopsole Dactylanthus Hook. f. Ditepalanthus Fagerl. Exorhopala Steenis Hachettea Baill. Haematolepis Helosis Rich. Ichthyosma Itoasia Juelia Langsdorffia Mart. Lathrophytum Eichler Lophophytum Schott & Endl. Lytogomphus Mystropetalon Harvey Ombrophytum Poeppig ex Endl. Phaeocordylis Phelypea Phyllocoryne Polyplethia Rhopalocnemis Junghuhn Sarcophyte Sparman Scybalium Schott & Endl. Senftenbergia Sphaerorhizon Thonningia Vahl Thyrsine
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]