Biology:Alectra (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants belonging to the broomrape family
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| Alectra sessiliflora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Buchnereae |
| Genus: | Alectra Thunb., 1784 |
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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)". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=alectra.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alectra Thunb.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37405-1, retrieved 1 January 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Plant List — Alectra". http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orobanchaceae/Alectra/.
- ↑ "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:990073-1, retrieved 1 January 2022
- ↑ "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. https://www.ipni.org/n/990073-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q8193967 entry
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