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The genus Balanophora is in the family Balanophoraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Balanophora

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Balanophora abbreviata Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora elongata Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora fargesii (Tiegh.) Harms	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora harlandii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. & Thomson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora japonica Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora latisepala (Tiegh.) Lecomte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora lowii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora nipponica Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora papuana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora polyandra Griff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora reflexa Becc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora subcupularis P.C.Tam	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora tobiracola Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora wilderi Setch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Balanophora yakushimensis Hatus. & Masam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 99 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Balanophora. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Balanophora. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 99 species names for the genus Balanophora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	19.2%
◕	Synonym	77	77.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.0%

All names

The status of the 119 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Balanophora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	19.3%
◕	Synonym	93	78.2%
◕	Unplaced	2	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.8%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 99 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Balanophora, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	18	68	0	0	86	86.9%
	Low confidence	1	9	2	1	13	13.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Balanophora, are as follows: