Orobanchaceae
Striga

Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 240 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Gabon to Rwanda and S. Africa. It is a hemiparasitic perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Philcox, D. (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 8(2): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2016). Flore du Gabon 48: 1-158. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hepper in Kew Bull. 14: 411 (1960).
  • Rev. Gen. Pl. 8, 2: 240 (1898)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2016). Flore du Gabon 48: 1-158. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rev. Gen. Pl. 3, 2: 240 (1898).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Barker [1170] Nigeria K000379799 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Rowland [s.n.] Nigeria K000379798 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Jaeger, P. [753/51] Mali K000379800 Holotype Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Plessis, D.; Du Plessis, S.; O'Connor, N. [NCW670] Zambia K001634205 Yes
MacOwan, P [s.n.] South Africa K000379747 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2604] South Africa K000379749 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, Mrs, M. [17147] Angola K001009150 Yes
Drège [2297a] South Africa K000379761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8305] Zambia K001516766 Yes
Frisby, A.; Maiato, F. [4104] Angola K001334047 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8391] Zambia K001516767 Yes
Welwitsch [5854] Angola K001009148 Yes
Drège [2297d] South Africa K000379759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sutherland, P.C. [s.n.] South Africa K000379746 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Winter, B. [3995] Namibia K001009151 Yes
Drège [2297d] South Africa K000379760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruse, A.W. [372] Zambia K:SPC-11239.000 No
Cooper, T. [2832] South Africa K000379753 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [2297b] South Africa K000379762 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [5822] Angola K001009146 Yes
Lugard, Capt.E. [270] Botswana K001009147 Yes
Drège [2297b] South Africa K000379751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2775] Angola K001009145 Yes
Cooper, T. [2830] South Africa K000379754 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallwich.; Zeyher [1277] South Africa K000379752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2492] South Africa K000379748 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baum, H. [552] Angola K000379775 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2234] Angola K001009152 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2931] Sudan K000379783 Type Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000379758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krauss [213] South Africa K000379757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burke.; Hosni [s.n.] South Africa K000379755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [2297a] South Africa K000379756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baum, H. [414] Angola K001009149 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [25A7] South Africa K000379750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [615] Ethiopia Buchnera bilabiata K:SPC-71414.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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