01607naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400380006010000160009824501030011426000090021752008350022665000160106165000210107765000130109865000140111165000120112565000230113765000130116065000090117365300130118265300090119565300120120470000200121670000210123677300600125720317632017-07-25       2015    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1590/0102-33062015abb02162DOI1 aLEHN, C. R.  aEcological aspects of Langsdorffia hypogaea (Balanophoraceae) parasitism in the Pantanal wetlands.  c2015  aMost studies on holoparasitic plants have focused on taxonomic or systematic issues. The objective of this study was to examine the ecological aspects of parasitism of Langsdorffia hypogaea (Balanophoraceae) in the Pantanal wetlands. Individuals of L. hypogaea were dug out by hand and the host trees were identified. Eighty-eight percent of host trees exhibited zoochory dispersal syndrome. Protium heptaphyllum and Cordiera sessilis represented 50% of the sampled trees. Both species are evergreen and are preferentially shade-tolerant species growing under the canopy of other trees. Fecal sample of collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) had seeds from both the host tree (Protium sp.) and the parasite L. hypogaea. We therefore propose the hypothesis that P. tajacu play a role as a seed disperser and may affect root parasitism.  aHost plants  ahost specificity  aPantanal  aParasites  aCerrado  aHospedeiro vegetal  aParasito  aRaiz  aParasite  aRoot  aSavanna1 aSALIS, S. M. de1 aMATTOS, P. P. de  tActa Botanica Brasilicagv. 29, n. 4, p. 608-612, 2015.