Typifications and nomenclatural notes on Neotropical Balanophoraceae

Nomenclatural types for nine names of Neotropical Balanophoraceae are designated or clarified here. The following names are lectotypified: Helosis mexicana , Langsdorffia hypogaea , L. moritziana , Lathrophytum peckoltii , Scybalium fungiforme , and S. glaziovii . For the names Helosis brasiliensis, and Thonningia mexicana , a neotype, and a second-step lectotype are respectively designated. Furthermore, the typification of the name Langsdorffia rubiginosa is clarified here.