Alectra (plant)

This article is about the plant genus. For the corporation, see Alectra.

Alectra
Alectra sessiliflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Tribe:	Buchnereae
Genus:	Alectra Thunb., 1784
Synonyms
Contarenia Vand. [a] Starbia Thouars [b] Hymenospermum Benth. [c] Pseudorobanche Rouy [d]

Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.^[1] It comprises hemiparasitic species^{[citation needed]} which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.^[2]

Systematics

The genera Alectra comprises the following species.^[2][3]

• 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^[3] from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.^[4][5]

Notes

1. Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 42 (1788)
2. Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 7 (1806)
3. Numer. List: n.º 3963 (1831)
4. Rev. Gén. Bot. 21: 204 (1909)

References

1. "Alectra — The Plant List (A working list of all plant species)".
2. "Alectra Thunb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
3. "The Plant List — Alectra". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
4. "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 1 January 2022
5. "Pseudomelasma pedicularioides". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 1 January 2022.