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

Mozambique: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
dunensis Hilliard & B.L. Burtt	GI	Description, Image
orobanchoides Benth.	Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
picta (Hiern) Hemsl.	N,MS,GI,M	Image
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora	GI?	Description, Image
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch.	?
sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper	N,Z,T,MS,GI	Description, Image
vogelii Benth.	N,Z,MS,GI	Image

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Flora of Botswana: Alectra
Flora of Burundi: Alectra
Flora of Caprivi: Alectra
Flora of Malawi: Alectra
Flora of Zambia: Alectra
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alectra

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alectra
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