7597.010 Alectra Thunb.

Description of the genus

Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs, usually erect and hispid, turning black when dried. Leaves opposite or alternate, sessile or ± so. Flowers solitary in upper axils. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments all bearded or the 2 larger ones only or all glabrous; anthers 2-thecal. Fruit a capsule.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Asia

Malawi: 9 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
asperrima Benth.	N
orobanchoides Benth.	N,C,S	Description, Image
parasitica A.Rich.	N
picta (Hiern) Hemsl.	C	Image
rigida (Hiern) Hemsl.	N
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora	N,S	Description, Image
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch.	N
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper	N,C,S	Description, Image
vogelii Benth.	C,S	Image

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Flora of Botswana: Alectra
Flora of Burundi: Alectra
Flora of Caprivi: Alectra
Flora of Mozambique: Alectra
Flora of Rwanda: Alectra
Flora of Zambia: Alectra
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alectra

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alectra
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