7597.010 Alectra
Description of the genus
Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs, usually erect and hispid, turning black when dried. Leaves opposite or alternate, sessile or ± so. Flowers solitary in upper axils. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments all bearded or the 2 larger ones only or all glabrous; anthers 2-thecal. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Asia Zimbabwe: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| asperrima Benth. | N,W,C | |
| bainesii Hemsl. | N | |
| orobanchoides Benth. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| parasitica A.Rich. | E | |
| picta (Hiern) Hemsl. | N,W,C,E | Image |
| rigida (Hiern) Hemsl. | C | |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. | N,E | |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| vogelii Benth. | N,W,C | Image |
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