Alectra (plant)

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.

Systematics

The genera Alectra comprises the following species.

• Alectra alectroides <small>(S.Moore) Melch.</small>
• Alectra atrosanguinea <small>(Hiern) Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra aurantiaca <small>Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra avensis <small>(Benth.) Merr.</small>
• Alectra bainesii <small>Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra basserei <small>Berhaut</small>
• Alectra basutica <small>(E.Phillips) Melch.</small>
• Alectra capensis <small>Thunb.</small>
• Alectra dolichocalyx <small>Philcox</small>
• Alectra dunensis <small>Hilliard & B.L.Burtt</small>
• Alectra fruticosa <small>Eb.Fisch.</small>
• Alectra glandulosa <small>Philcox</small>
• Alectra gracilis <small>S.Moore</small>
• Alectra hildebrandtii <small>Eb.Fisch.</small>
• Alectra hirsuta <small>Klotzsch</small>
• Alectra humbertii <small>Eb.Fisch.</small>
• Alectra lancifolia <small>Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra linearis <small>Hepper</small>
• Alectra lurida <small>Harv.</small>
• Alectra natalensis <small>(Hiern) Melch.</small>
• Alectra orobanchoides <small>Benth.</small> syn. A. parvifolia <small>(Engl.) Schinz</small>
• Alectra parasitica <small>A.Rich.</small>
• Alectra picta <small>(Hiern) Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra pseudobarleriae <small>(Dinter) Dinter</small>
• Alectra pubescens <small>Philcox</small>
• Alectra pumila <small>Benth.</small>
• Alectra rigida <small>(Hiern) Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra schoenfelderi <small>Dinter & Melch.</small>
• Alectra sessiliflora <small>(Vahl) Kuntze</small>
• Alectra stolzii <small>Engl.</small>
• Alectra thyrsoidea <small>Melch.</small>
• Alectra virgata <small>Hemsl.</small>
• Alectra vogelii <small>Benth.</small>

Alectra pedicularioides <small>Baker</small> from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides <small>(Baker) Eb.Fisch.</small> in 1996.

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