Alectra (plant) explained

Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.^[1] It comprises hemiparasitic species which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.

Systematics

The genera Alectra comprises the following species.^[2]

• Alectra alectroides (S.Moore) Melch.
• Alectra atrosanguinea (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra aurantiaca Hemsl.
• Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.
• Alectra bainesii Hemsl.
• Alectra basserei Berhaut
• Alectra basutica (E.Phillips) Melch.
• Alectra capensis Thunb.
• Alectra dolichocalyx Philcox
• Alectra dunensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
• Alectra fruticosa Eb.Fisch.
• Alectra glandulosa Philcox
• Alectra gracilis S.Moore
• Alectra hildebrandtii Eb.Fisch.
• Alectra hirsuta Klotzsch
• Alectra humbertii Eb.Fisch.
• Alectra lancifolia Hemsl.
• Alectra linearis Hepper
• Alectra lurida Harv.
• Alectra natalensis (Hiern) Melch.
• Alectra orobanchoides Benth. syn. A. parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
• Alectra parasitica A.Rich.
• Alectra picta (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra pseudobarleriae (Dinter) Dinter
• Alectra pubescens Philcox
• Alectra pumila Benth.
• Alectra rigida (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra schoenfelderi Dinter & Melch.
• Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
• Alectra stolzii Engl.
• Alectra thyrsoidea Melch.
• Alectra virgata Hemsl.
• Alectra vogelii Benth.

Alectra pedicularioides Baker^[2] from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alectra — The Plant List (A working list of all plant species).
2. Web site: The Plant List — Alectra . www.theplantlist.org . 2020-05-03 .
3. Web site: Pseudomelasma pedicularioides . . . 1 January 2022.