Alectra (plant)

Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.[1] It comprises hemiparasitic species.

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. [lower-alpha 1] Starbia Thouars [lower-alpha 2] Hymenospermum Benth. [lower-alpha 3] Pseudorobanche Rouy [lower-alpha 4]

Systematics

The genera Alectra comprises 34 species.[2]

• Alectra alectroides (S.Moore) Melch.
• Alectra arvensis (Benth.) Merr.
• Alectra atrosanguinea (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra aurantiaca Hemsl.
• 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.
• Alectra parasitica A.Rich.
• Alectra parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
• Alectra pedicularioides Baker
• Alectra picta (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra pseudobarleriae (Dinter) Dinter
• Alectra pubescens Philcox
• Alectra rigida (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Alectra schoenfelderi Dinter & Melch.
• Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
• Alectra stolzii Engl.
• Alectra thyrsoidea Melch.
• Alectra virgata Hemsl.
• Alectra vogelii Benth.

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. "The Plant List — Alectra". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.