Biology:Striga gesnerioides
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Short description: Species of plant
| Striga gesnerioides | |
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| Close-up of flowers | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Striga |
| Species: | S. gesnerioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke
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Striga gesnerioides, the cowpea witchweed, also called the indigo, purple, or tobacco witchweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae.[2] It is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Subcontinent, and it has been introduced to Florida.[1] An erect subshrub, it is found in the seasonally dry tropics.[2] As its common name suggests, it is a serious root hemiparasite of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), and related species, especially affecting subsistence farmers.[3]
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A morph with no chlorophyll, possibly indicating transition to holoparasitism -
A pink morph -
A green morph
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/810019-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke". India Biodiversity Portal. 2026. https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231247.
- ↑ Abdullahi, Wajiha M.; Dianda, Mahamadi; Boukar, Ousmane; Dieng, Ibnou; Mohammed, Gaya S.; Belko, Nouhoun; Togola, Abou; Muhammad, Hayat et al. (2022). "Integrated management of Striga gesnerioides in cowpea using resistant varieties, improved crop nutrition and rhizobium inoculants". Plant and Soil 473 (1–2): 197–213. doi:10.1007/s11104-022-05295-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q2356254 entry
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