Orobanchaceae

Cistanche Hoffmanns. & Link

First published in Fl. Portug. 1: 318 (1806)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia to Ethiopia and Xinjiang.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, Cyprus, Djibouti, East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

France

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 463.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Port. 1: 318 (1809).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Port. 1: 318 (1809)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0