Wild Flowering Plants

Balanophoraceae
Helosis antillensis   L.J.T.Cardoso & J.M.A.Braga
Cuba, Dominica to Tobago.
Rare root holoparasite of very dark, wet areas of lower montane rainforest.
Previously known as Helosis cayennensis the Lesser Antillean specimens have been determined to be a different (new) species from the Mesamerican and South American specimens.
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