討論:穗花蛇菰
山羊百科，林文智老師的植物、山岳、攝影紀錄
3. Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl. Ex Forbes & Hemsl. In J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26: 410. pl. 9. 1894. 穗花蛇菰
Plants dioecious, reddish. Leaves concave, ovate, 1.5-2 cm long. Male spadices cylindric, to 15 cm long; flowers sessile, perianth 6 merous, anthers numerous, connate. Female spadices oval-cylindric, 3-5 cm long; flowers without perianth; ovary reticulate, with distinct and regular ridge on surface. China, Indochina and Taiwan. Taiwan, at low to medium altitude throughout the island.
TAIPEI: Wulai, Liu 2054; Takaishan, Suzuki 18673. ILAN: Nanhutashan, Jeng 1953; Ssuyuan, Huang 7336. HSINCHU: Kuanwu, Huang 4099. TAICHUNG: Pahsienshan, Suzuki 2937; Pilushi, Huang & Huang 9821. NANTOU: Hoshe, Suzuki s. n. 1935; Kuankao to Patungkuan, Huang 8504. CHIAYI: Tashan, Feng & Kao 4904; Kuantzuling, Kao 9617. KAOHSIUNG: Chishan, Suzuki 20926; Tawushan, Huang et al. 13725A. PINGTUNG: Compartment 25, Huang 7422. HUALIEN: Mukuashan, Liu et al. 215; Tienhsiang, Tang 189.
Tam (1988) separated Balanophora spicata from B. laxiflora on the number of perianth parts and the shape and sculpture of the rhizome by comparing the original description and figures. However, Hansen (1972) had already pointed out that Hemsley's description is too short to provide adequate characters and his illustration misleads in suggesting 5-merous male flowers with 5 horse-shoe-shaped anthers to be the rule, while 6-merous male flowers are in fact in greater portion in the type material. The shape and sculpture of the rhizome is of less taxonomic importance, as Hansen (1972) suggested. Thus, it is better to treat them as one species.
穗花蛇菰 Balanophora spicata Hayata
草本，高8—18釐米;根莖紅色至棕紅色，分枝或不分枝，分枝時呈倒卵形，不分枝時呈不規則球形，長3.5—5釐米，直徑2.5—3釐米，表面密被顆粒狀粗疣瘤並有明顯淡紅色或淺黃紅色星芒狀皮孔，頂端的裂鞘4—6裂，裂片短三角形或銳三角形，長5—8毫米;花莖長1—9釐米;鱗苞片帶肉質，通常近對生，卵形或長圓狀卵形，內凹，長1.5—2.5釐米，寬0.7—1釐米，頂端短尖，鈍頭，多少抱著花莖。花雌雄異株(序);雄花序呈穗狀，綠色帶紅色，後漸呈紫紅色，長4.5—12釐米;雄花疏生，無梗，黃色，直徑7—8毫米，花被裂片6，不等大，其中上下(花被)裂片各一枚，在上面的呈長圓形，近截平，長2.2毫米，寬1.5—2.2毫米，在下麵的長圓狀卵形，明顯截平，長2—2.5毫米，寬1.8—3毫米，側(花被)裂片4,較小，長圓狀三角形，近銳尖或鈍頭，長約2毫米，寬1毫米;聚藥雄蕊近圓盤狀，花藥短裂，藥室多數;雌花序紅色，卵形或長圓狀圓柱形，長3—6.5釐米，直徑1.5—2.5釐米，頂端鈍或近銳尖;子房近球形，直徑0.2—0.3毫米，有短子房柄，著生於附屬體基部，花柱絲狀，比子房長2—3倍;附屬體呈長的棍棒狀，長0.8—1毫米，頂端平坦或稍凸起，很少凹陷，基部纖細。花期8—12月。
產於臺灣、江西、湖南、廣東、廣西、雲南、四川。生長于海拔700—1300米至2400米山谷闊葉林中。模式標本采自臺灣。
據《臺灣植物志》(Fl. Taiwan, 2:255. 1976)把 /B. parvior/ Hayata, /B. formosana/ Hayata,和 /B. morrisonicola/ Hayata 等均歸併於本種中，這三個種的標本，作者沒有看過，暫不列入。
