Alectra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Buchnereae
Genus: Alectra
Species: A. alectroides A. atrosanguinea A. aurantiaca A. avensis A. bainesii A. basserei A. basutica A. capensis A. dolichocalyx A. dunensis A. fruticosa A. glandulosa A. gracilis A. hildebrandtii A. hirsuta A. humbertii A. lancifolia A. linearis A. lurida A. natalensis A. orobanchoides A. parasitica A. picta A. pseudobarleriae A. pubescens A. pumila A. rigida A. schoenfelderi A. sessiliflora A. stolzii A. thyrsoidea A. vogelii

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Alectra Thunb., 1784. Nov. Gen. Pl. 4: 81–82

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Hymenospermum Benth. in Numer. List: n.° 3963 (1831)
    • Pseudorobanche Rouy in Rev. Gén. Bot. 21: 204 (1909), nom. nud.
    • Starbia Thouars in Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 7 (1806)
    • Contarenia Vand. in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 42 (1788)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Tropical Africa & Asia
    • Regional: Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Asia
      • Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Morawetz, J.J. & Wolfe, A.D. 2009. Assessing the Monophyly of Alectra and Its Relationship to Melasma (Orobanchaceae), Systematic Botany 34(3):561-569.

Vernacular names

English: alectras
中文: 黑蒴属
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