Alectra (plant)
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| Alectra sessiliflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Buchnereae |
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Alectra Thunb., 1784 |
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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.
Systematics
The genera Alectra comprises the following species.
- 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 from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.