Orobanchaceae

Striga Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 22 (1790)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Florida, Jawa, North Carolina, South Carolina

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 399.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Cochinch.: 22 (1790).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by K.I. Mohamed & L.J. Musselman [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Mohamed, Musselman & Riches in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 60–103 (2001).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.T.A. 4(4): 399 (1906)
  • Fl. Cochinch.: 22 (1790)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2009 Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson, K. [89196] Malawi K000191360 Yes
Oct 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [52] Namibia K000450282 Yes
Oct 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [128] Namibia K000450281 Yes
Aug 26, 2003 Laycock, D. [7463] Indonesia K000183455 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10577] Tanzania K:SPC-24770.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10024] Tanzania K:SPC-24766.000 No
Santapau, H. [3545] India K000999940 Type Yes
de Nevers, G. [14879] Guinea K000010927 No
Ash [518] Ethiopia K:SPC-71416.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4161] Angola K:SPC-35210.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [7761] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-56125.000 No
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2731] Benin K001562102 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [724A] Yemen K:SPC-30678.000 No
Ash [347] Ethiopia K:SPC-13369.023 No
Meikle, R.D. [746] Nigeria K:SPC-17742.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10018] Tanzania K:SPC-24390.000 No
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000999945 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6423] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-51532.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3319] Tanzania K:SPC-11240.000 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [35409] Nigeria K:SPC-01122.000 No
Teijsmann, J.E. [s.n.] K000999946 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faulkner, H. [825] Tanzania K:SPC-16356.000 No
Ethiopia K000379737 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6422] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-51538.000 No
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K. [918] Ethiopia K000379781 Holotype Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [950] Kenya K:SPC-23741.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6904] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-53238.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9524] Tanzania K:SPC-27223.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [5] Uganda K:SPC-02585.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-24531.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [5980] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-50938.000 No

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/