Alectra (plant)

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Alectra
Alectra sessiliflora Bioko 2013.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe:
Genus: Alectra
Thunb., 1784
Synonyms
  • Contarenia Vand. [a]
  • Starbia Thouars [b]
  • Hymenospermum Benth. [c]
  • Pseudorobanche Rouy [d]

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]

  • (S.Moore) Melch.
  • (Hiern) Hemsl.
  • Hemsl.
  • (Benth.) Merr.
  • Hemsl.
  • Berhaut
  • (E.Phillips) Melch.
  • Thunb.
  • Philcox
  • Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Eb.Fisch.
  • Philcox
  • S.Moore
  • Eb.Fisch.
  • Klotzsch
  • Eb.Fisch.
  • Hemsl.
  • Hepper
  • Harv.
  • (Hiern) Melch.
  • Benth. syn. A. parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
  • A.Rich.
  • (Hiern) Hemsl.
  • (Dinter) Dinter
  • Philcox
  • Benth.
  • (Hiern) Hemsl.
  • Dinter & Melch.
  • (Vahl) Kuntze
  • Engl.
  • Melch.
  • Hemsl.
  • Benth.

Alectra pedicularioides Baker[3] from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.[4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 42 (1788)
  2. ^ Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 7 (1806)
  3. ^ Numer. List: n.º 3963 (1831)
  4. ^ Rev. Gén. Bot. 21: 204 (1909)

References[]

  1. ^ "Alectra — The Plant List (A working list of all plant species)".
  2. ^ a b "Alectra Thunb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
  3. ^ a b "The Plant List — Alectra". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  4. ^ "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
  5. ^ "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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