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Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.[1] It comprises hemiparasitic species[citation needed] which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.[2]
Systematics
The genera Alectra comprises the following species.[2][3]
- Alectra alectroides (S.Moore) Melch.
- Alectra atrosanguinea (Hiern) Hemsl.
- Alectra aurantiaca Hemsl.
- Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.
- Alectra bainesii Hemsl.
- Alectra basserei Berhaut
- Alectra basutica (E.Phillips) Melch.
- Alectra capensis Thunb.
- Alectra dolichocalyx Philcox
- Alectra dunensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Alectra fruticosa Eb.Fisch.
- Alectra glandulosa Philcox
- Alectra gracilis S.Moore
- Alectra hildebrandtii Eb.Fisch.
- Alectra hirsuta Klotzsch
- Alectra humbertii Eb.Fisch.
- Alectra lancifolia Hemsl.
- Alectra linearis Hepper
- Alectra lurida Harv.
- Alectra natalensis (Hiern) Melch.
- Alectra orobanchoides Benth. syn. A. parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
- Alectra parasitica A.Rich.
- Alectra picta (Hiern) Hemsl.
- Alectra pseudobarleriae (Dinter) Dinter
- Alectra pubescens Philcox
- Alectra pumila Benth.
- Alectra rigida (Hiern) Hemsl.
- Alectra schoenfelderi Dinter & Melch.
- Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
- Alectra stolzii Engl.
- Alectra thyrsoidea Melch.
- Alectra virgata Hemsl.
- Alectra vogelii Benth.
Alectra pedicularioides Baker[3] from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.[4][5]
Notes
References
- ^ "Alectra — The Plant List (A working list of all plant species)".
- ^ a b "Alectra Thunb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
- ^ a b "The Plant List — Alectra". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
- ^ "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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