Family:
Orobanchaceae Vent.
Genus:
Alectra Thunb.

Alectra virgata Hemsl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Guinea, S. Nigeria.

[FWTA]

Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A small slender herb, simple or with a few branches, about 6 ins. high
Note
Drying brown.

Native to:

Guinea, Nigeria

Alectra virgata Hemsl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Millson, A. [s.n.], Nigeria K000405227 Yes

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 369 (1906)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Melchior in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 15: 437. (1941)
  • in F.T.A. 4, 2: 369 (1906)

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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