Alectra

Alectra vogelii

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:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Alectra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 27. Reference page.

Name

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

• Type species: Alectra capensis Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl. 4: 82 (1784)

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

• Thunberg, C.P. 1784. Nova Genera Plantarum 4: 81–82.

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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alectra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 3. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Alectra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Feb. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Alectra. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 18 2014.

Vernacular names

English: alectras
中文: 黑蒴属

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