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Description

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Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs, usually erect and hispid, turning black when dried. Leaves opposite or alternate, sessile or ± so. Flowers solitary in upper axils. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments all bearded or the 2 larger ones only or all glabrous; anthers 2-thecal. Fruit a capsule.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Alectra Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1289
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Alectra (plant)

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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]

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

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

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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Alectra (plant): Brief Summary

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

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