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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

482.0000 Family Orobanchaceae Vent.; Tabl. Règne Vég. 2: 292 (1799), nom. cons.
95 genera, ca. 2150 spp. Phylogeny: McNeal et al. 2013, Pinto-Carrasco et al. 2017, Nickrent (2020)
Species listed in database: 2193; hybrids: 76
= Aeginetiaceae Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard (Peradeniya) 10: 153 (1927)
= Buchneraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
= Cyclocheilaceae Marais; Kew Bull. 35: 805 (1981)
= Euphrasiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 239 (1820)
= Lindenbergiaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xlix (2001)
= Melampyraceae Rich. ex Hook. & Lindl.; Hook., Fl. Scot.: 2: 213 (1821)
= Nesogenaceae Marais; Kew Bull. 35: 798 (1981)
= Pedicularidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 99 (1789)
= Phelypaeaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 73 (1834)
= Rhinanthaceae Vent.; Tabl. Règne Vég. 2: 295 (1799)
482.0837 Genus Striga Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 22 (1790)
Distribution: Tropical (34) and South Africa, trop. Asia, Australia
Species listed in database: 54
= Campuleia Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madagascar. 7 (1806)
= Microsyphus C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3:91 (1844)
= Psammostachys C.Presl; (Bot. Bemerk. 91 (1844)), in Abh. Boehm. Ges. V. 3: 521 (1845)
species :
Striga aequinoctialis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W.-Trop. Afr. ed. 1(2): 227 (1931)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Angola
22 GUI IVO SIE 23 CMN 26 ANG
species :
Striga alba Pennell; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 264 (1943)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Striga angolensis K.I.Mohamed & Musselman; Brittonia 49(1): 118 (1997)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Striga angustifolia (D.Don) C.J.Saldanha; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 57 1: 70 (1963)
Distribution: ?Guinea-Bissau; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Oman (Dhofar); China (Hainan); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Vietnam; Java; Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 35 OMA 36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA VIE 42 cki JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera angustifolia D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 91 (1825)
= Buchnera bifida Buch.-Ham.; Wall., Numer. List no. 3872 (1831), nom. nud.
= Buchnera denticulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List no. 3872 (1831), nom. nud.
= Buchnera euphrasioides Vahl; Symb. Bot. 3: 81 (1794)
= Striga euphrasioides (Benth.) Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 364 (1835)
= Striga glabrata Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 364 (1835)
species :
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 466 (1891)
Name: Asiatic witchweed
Distribution: Egypt (Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt); Guinea; Burkina Faso; Togo; Benin; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [I] ; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Iles Glorieuses; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Providence Isl., Farquhar Isl.); Agalega Isl.; Seychelles (incl. Desroches Isl., Coetivy Isl., Darros Isl.); Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab, Sind, Kotli, Mirpur); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Philippines (Luzon, Biliran); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Queensland); Palau (Koror); USA [I] (North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I])
20 EGY 22 BEN BKN GUI TOG 23 BUR CAF CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 AGA ALD CGS COM IGL MAU mci MDG REU ROD SEY 35 SAU YEM 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng 50 AUS 62 PLU 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera asiatica L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 630 (1753)
= Striga eustriga Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 546 (1840)
= Striga pusilla Hochst. ex Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 503 (1846)
= Striga zangebarica Klotzsch; Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): t. 35 (1861)
variant :
var. coccinea (Hook.) Bennet; Indian J. Forest. 5(4): 327 (1982)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera coccinea (Hook.) Benth.; Scroph. Ind.: 40 (1835), nom. illeg.
= Campuleia coccinea Hook.; Exot. Fl. 3: t. 203 (1826)
= Striga coccinea (Hook.) Benth.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 364 (1836)
= Striga coccinea (Hook.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 649 (1916 publ. 1917), isonym
species :
Striga aspera (Willd.) Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 362 (1835)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; ?Zambia; ?Malawi
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera aspera (Willd.) Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 280 (1827)
= Euphrasia aspera Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willd.] 3(1): 197 (1800)
= Striga aspera var. filiformis Benth.
= Striga aspera var. schweinfurthii Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 403 (1906)
= Striga schizostigma Gilg; (1899)
species :
Striga barthlottii Eb.Fisch., Lobin & Mutke; Willdenowia 41(1): 52 (2011), nom. nov.
Distribution: S-Morocco; Mauritania
20 MOR 22 MTN
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera orobanchioides R.Br.; Salt, Abyss. App. 64 (1814)
= Striga orobanchoides (R.Br.) Benth.; Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 361, t. 19 (1836)
species :
Striga baumannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 515 (1897)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Chad; Uganda; Kenya; ?Tanzania
22 BKN IVO MLI SIE TOG 23 CMN CON 24 CHA 25 KEN UGA
species :
Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. 3: II. 240 (1898)
subspecies :
subsp. bilabiata
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
23 CON ZAI 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera bilabiata Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 100 (1794)
= Buchnera thunbergii (Benth.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 3: 525 (1843)
= Striga thunbergii Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1835)
= Striga thunbergii var. grandiflora Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 502 (1846)
= Striga welwitschii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 514 (1897)
subspecies :
subsp. barteri (Engl.) Hepper; Kew Bull. 14: 414 (1960)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Ivory Coast; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania
22 GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 BUR CAF CMN GAB RWA 24 CHA SSU 25 TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga barteri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 514 (1897)
= Striga glandulifera Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 514 (1897)
subspecies :
subsp. jaegeri Hepper; Kew Bull. 14: 415 (1960)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali
22 GAM GUI MLI SEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga brouilletii Mielcarek; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg., 58(1-2): 124 (1988)
= Striga welwitschii var. longifolia Berhaut; Fl. Seneg. 84 (1854)
subspecies :
subsp. ledermannii (Pilg.) Hepper; Kew Bull. 14: 413 (1960)
Distribution: N-Cameroon
23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga ledermannii Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 215 (1910)
subspecies :
subsp. rowlandii (Engl.) Hepper; Kew Bull. 14: 415 (1960)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; ?Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; SW-Chad
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 CMN 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga rowlandii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 513 (1897)
species :
Striga brachycalyx Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 4: II. 403 (1906)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Chad; South Sudan
22 BKN GHA IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 CMN CON GAB 24 SSU
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga warneckei Engl. ex Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 4: II. 414 (1906)
species :
Striga chrysantha A.Raynal; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: 378 (1969)
Distribution: Central African Republic; N-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CAF ZAI
species :
Striga crispata Sheng Z.Yang, Zi X.Chen, Chien F.Chen & P.H.Chen; Taiwania 63(4): 287 (2018)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Striga curviflora (R.Br.) Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 362 (1835)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera curviflora R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 438 (1810)
species :
Striga dalzielii Hutch.; Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Africa 2: 225, in clavi, 226 (1931)
Distribution: Mali; Nigeria
22 MLI NGA
species :
Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth.; Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1836)
Distribution: Soqotra; Oman (Mascat & Oman); China (Yunnan); Pakistan (Lahore); N-India (Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim); Bangladesh
24 SOC 35 OMA 36 CHI 40 BAN IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera densiflora Benth.; Scroph. Ind. 41 (1835)
= Buchnera heyneana D.Dietr.; Syn. Plant. 3: 525 (1842)
species :
Striga dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 99 (1899)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Striga diversifolia Pires de Lima; Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 20: 6 (1922)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Striga elegans Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1835)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; NE-Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera elegans (Benth.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 3: 525 (1843)
= Striga elegans var. alborosea Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 240 (1898)
= Striga elegans var. coccinea Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 240 (1898)
species :
Striga ellenbergeri A.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 351 (1989 publ. 1990)
Distribution: Mali
22 MLI
species :
Striga flava Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 704 (1856)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Striga forbesii Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 364 (1835)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 BUR CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera forbesii (Benth.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. 3: 526 (1843)
= Cycnium pratense Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 361 (1895)
species :
Striga fulgens (Engl.) Hepper; Kew Bull. 38(4): 598 (1984)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera fulgens Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 478 (1897)
species :
Striga gastonii A.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 9(3): 226 (1987 publ. 1988)
Distribution: Central African Republic; S-Chad
23 CAF 24 CHA
species :
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 11 (1875)
Name: Cowpea witchweed
Distribution: Morocco; Egypt (Desert Oases); Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Senegal; Gambia; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan (Scind); Nepal; India (Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Western India); Sri Lanka; USA [I] (Florida [I])
20 EGY MOR 21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND NEP PAK SRL 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera gesnerioides Willd.; Sp. Pl. 3: 338 (1800)
= Buchnera hydrabadensis Roth; Nov. Sp. Pl. 292 (1821)
= Campuleia coerulea Bojer ex Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 501 (1846)
= Campuleia rosea Bojer ex Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 501 (1846)
= Harveya varia (E.Mey. ex Drège) Hook. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steud.], ed. 2. 1: 723 (1840)
= Microsyphus parviflorus C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3:91 (1844)
= Orobanche indica Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 817 (1825)
= Orobanche varia E.Mey. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steud.], ed. 2. 1: 723 (1840), in syn.
= Striga chloroleuca Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 367 (1927)
= Striga gesnerioides var. arondensis M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 420 (2001), nom. inval.
= Striga gesnerioides var. minor Santapau; Kew Bull. 1948: 491 (1949)
= Striga orchidea Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 501 (1846)
= Striga scottiana Jeeva, Shyn.Brintha & Rasingam; J. Basic Appl. Biol. 6(3-4): 79 (2012)
species :
Striga glumacea A.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 9(3): 222 (1987 publ. 1988)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
species :
Striga gracillima Melch.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 681 (1932)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
species :
Striga hallei A.Raynal; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: 374 (1969)
Distribution: Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 GAB ZAI
species :
Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 365 (1835)
Distribution: Egypt (Nile Delta, Nile Valley); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Niger; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Seychelles [I]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
20 EGY 22 BEN BKN GAM GNB IVO MLI MTN NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 NAM 29 sey 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera hermonthica Delile; Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 245 (1813)
= Striga campuleia Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 646 (1840)
= Striga hermonthica subsp. senegalensis (Benth.) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 34: 138 (1943)
= Striga senegalensis Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1835) (non Thomson)
species :
Striga hirsuta Benth.; Prodr. 10: 502-503 (1846)
Distribution: Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 LBR MLI NGA 23 BUR CAF CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga hirsuta var. humilis Benth.; Prodr. 10: 503 (1846)
= Striga asiatica var. humilis (Benth.) D.Y.Hong; Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 67(2): 405 (1979)
species :
Striga indica K.M.P.Kumar, P.Jayanthi, A.Rajendran & M.Sabu; Feddes Repert. 123(4): 284 (2013)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Striga junodii Schinz; Mem. Herb. Boissier no. 10, 62 (1900)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
26 MOZ 27 SAF
species :
Striga kamalii Omalsree, K.M.P.Kumar, M.Sabu & Sunojk.; Phytotaxa 212(2): 166 (2015)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Striga klingii (Engl.) Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 4: II. 413 (1906)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Malawi
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA SSU 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera klingii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 72 (1893)
species :
Striga latericea Vatke; Linnaea 43: 311 (1880 publ. 1882)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cycnium strictum (Engl.) Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 361 (1895)
= Rhamphicarpa stricta Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 24 (1894)
= Striga somaliensis Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 4: II. 411 (1906)
species :
Striga lepidagathidis A.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 9(3): 224 (1987 publ. 1988)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Cameroon
22 GNB SEN 23 CMN
species :
Striga linearifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hepper; Kew Bull. 14: 416 (1960)
Distribution: Guinea; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Burundi; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA TOG 23 BUR CAF 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera linearifolia Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 279 (1827)
= Striga bilabiata subsp. linearifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) K.I.Mohamed; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88(1): 74 (2001)
= Striga canescens Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 361 (1895)
= Striga strictissima Skan; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 4: II. 407 (1906)
species :
Striga lutea Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 22 (1790)
Distribution: Senegal; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; India (Maharashtra); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Bangladesh
22 BKN MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 25 KEN TAN 40 BAN IND LDV
Remarks: frequently included in S. asiatica, but kept separate in Africa by Mohamed et al. (2001)
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga asiatica var. bicolor Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3 2: 240 (1898)
= Striga asiatica var. lutea (Lour.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 418 (2001)
= Striga lutea var. bicolor Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 240 (1898)
= Striga parvula Miq.; J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 113 (1861)
= Striga phoenicea Benth.; Scroph. Ind.: 40 (1835)
species :
Striga macrantha (Benth.) Benth.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 10: 503 (1846)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; ?Liberia; Mali; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Chad; W-Sudan; Angola; Zambia
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON 24 CHA SUD 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera buettneri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 72 (1894)
= Buchnera macrantha Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 366 (1835)
species :
Striga magnibracteata Eb.Fisch. & I.Darbysh.; Kew Bull. 66(3): [unpaged] (2012)
Distribution: Guinea; Mali
22 GUI MLI
species :
Striga masuria (Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.) Benth.; Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 364 (1838)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan); Taiwan; S-India (Tamil Nadu); Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines (Luzon); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 NWG PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera masuria Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.; Scroph. Ind. 41 (1835)
= Buchnera moouria Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 234 (1840), nom. inval.
= Buchnera wallichii Benth.; Wall., Numer. List no. 3876 (1831), nom. nud.
= Striga wallichii Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 115 (1924)
species :
Striga micrantha A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 130 (1850)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Striga multiflora Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1835)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon); Moluccas; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 MOL PHI 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera multiflora (Benth.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Plant. 3: 525 (1842)
species :
Striga musselmanii Omalsree & V.K.Sreenivas; Phytotaxa 375(1): 99 (2018)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Striga parviflora (R.Br.) Benth.; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 362 (1835)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Buchnera parviflora R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 438 (1810)
species :
Striga passargei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 515, t. 12, ff. M & N (1897)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Cameroon; SW-Chad; Sudan; Tanzania; Zambia; Yemen (W-Yemen)
22 BEN BKN GHA MLI SEN TOG 23 CMN 24 CHA SUD 25 TAN 26 ZAM 35 YEM
species :
Striga pinnatifida Getachew; Kew Bull. 47(2): 293 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
Remarks: known only from type collection. Status uncertain
species :
Striga primuloides A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: Mem. VIII. 185 (1911 publ. 1912)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA IVO MLI NGA SEN 23 CON
species :
Striga pubiflora Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 227 (1861)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Striga pubiflora var. zanzibarensis (Vatke) Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 361 (1895)
= Striga sansibarensis Vatke ex Engl.; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 28, nomen, Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. A 1895) 13, 74
= Striga zanzibarensis Vatke; Linnaea 43: 310 (1882)
species :
Striga schlechteri Pennell; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 266 (1943)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Striga spanogheana Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 704 (1856)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor)
42 LSI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Striga squamigera W.R.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 13: 92 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
50 AUS
species :
Striga strigosa R.D.Good; J. Bot. 68: Suppl. 2, 121 (1930)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Striga sulphurea Dalzell; Dalzell & A. Gibson, Bomb. Fl. 182 (1861)
Distribution: India (Maharashtra)
40 IND
species :
Striga yemenica Musselman & Hepper; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45(1): 47 (1988)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Yemen
24 ETH 35 YEM
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