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Urupé

Helosis cayennensis

Description:

It's a parasitic plant belonging to the Balanophoraceae family and possibly in the genus Balanophora. I have a similar spotting from 2012 tht was ID by Dan Doucette. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/122...

Habitat:

Lacandon Rainforest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Urupé
Helosis cayennensis (Sw.) Spreng. Detalha Taxon Publico


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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Thank you Leonardo Cardoso for the ID and the link.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

You are welcome Dan.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

You've already said in your description what I was going to comment. Thanks for mentioning me.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 11, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2014

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