''Alectra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Orobanchaceae.
It comprises
hemiparasitic
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species which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.
Systematics
The genera ''Alectra'' comprises the following species.
Alectra gracilis
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'' S.Moore
* '' Alectra hildebrandtii'' Eb.Fisch.
* '' Alectra hirsuta'' Klotzsch
* '' Alectra humbertii'' Eb.Fisch.
* ''Alectra lancifolia
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'' Hemsl.
* ''Alectra linearis
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'' Hepper
* ''Alectra lurida
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'' Harv.
* ''Alectra natalensis
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'' (Hiern) Melch.
* ''Alectra orobanchoides
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'' Benth. syn. ''A. parvifolia'' (Engl.) Schinz
* ''Alectra parasitica
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'' A.Rich.
* ''Alectra picta
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'' (Hiern) Hemsl.
* ''Alectra pseudobarleriae
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'' (Dinter) Dinter
* ''Alectra pubescens
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'' Philcox
* ''Alectra pumila
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'' Benth.
* '' Alectra rigida'' (Hiern) Hemsl.
* '' Alectra schoenfelderi'' Dinter & Melch.
* ''Alectra sessiliflora
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'' (Vahl) Kuntze
* '' Alectra stolzii'' Engl.
* '' Alectra thyrsoidea'' Melch.
* '' Alectra virgata'' Hemsl.
* ''Alectra vogelii
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'' Benth.
''Alectra pedicularioides'' Baker[ from Madagascar was moved to '' Pseudomelasma pedicularioides'' (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.]
Notes
References
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera
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