Alectra (plant)

Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.[1] It comprises hemiparasitic species which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.[2]

This article is about the plant genus. For the corporation, see Alectra.

Alectra
Alectra sessiliflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Buchnereae
Genus: Alectra
Thunb., 1784
Synonyms

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
  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. "Alectra Thunb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
  3. "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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