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Image Title: Ombrophytum subterraneum (Balanophoraceae), parasitizing Tessaria roots
Image Credit: James D. Mauseth, University of Texas, Gloria Montenegro
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: James D. Mauseth, Gloria Montenegro, BSA
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Two plants of Ombrophytum subterraneum (Balanophoraceae), parasitizing Tessaria roots. The plants are reportedly entirely subterranean, even during flowering and seed dispersal; excavation is necessary to locate and study them.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Secondary wall ingrowths on vessel elements in Ombrophytum subterraneum (Balanophoraceae)

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