Alectra sessiliflora

Alectra sessiliflora

Alectra sessiliflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Buchnereae
Genus: Alectra
Species: Alectra sessiliflora

Name

Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alectra melampyroides Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 339 (1846), nom. superfl.
  • Gerardia sessiliflora Vahl in Symb. Bot. 3: 79 (1794)
  • Melasma sessiliflorum (Vahl) Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 767 (1898)
  • Nigrina melampyrodes Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 237 (1898), nom. superfl.
  • Nigrina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 237 (1898)
• Heterotypic
  • Alectra aberdarica Chiov. in Racc. Bot.: 90 (1935)
  • Alectra arabica Deflers in Voyage Yemen: 179 (1889)
  • Alectra asperrima Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 340 (1846)
  • Alectra barbata'' (Hiern) Melch. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 125 (1940)
  • Alectra communis Hemsl. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 372 (1906)
  • Alectra congolensis Troupin in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 277 (1949)
  • Alectra cordata Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 339 (1846)
  • Alectra hundtii Melch. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 436 (1941)
  • Alectra ibityensis Eb.Fisch. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 18: 56 (1996)
  • Alectra ledermannii Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 612 (1922)
  • Alectra moeroensis Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 613 (1922)
  • Alectra rupestris Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 96 (1927), nom. nud.
  • Alectra schliebenii Melch. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 441 (1941)
  • Alectra senegalensis Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 339 (1846)
  • Alectra senegalensis var. minima A.Chev. in Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 475 (1920)
  • Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 96 (1927)
  • Alectra sessiliflora f. barbata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 375 (1986)
  • Alectra sessiliflora var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 126 (1940)
  • Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper in Kew Bull. 14: 405 (1960)
  • Alectra thomsonii Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 297 (1884)
  • Alectra trinervis Hemsl. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 370 (1906)
  • Bartsia scabra (Thunb.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 773 (1825)
  • Glossostylis cordata (Benth.) Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 116 (1850)
  • Hymenospermum dentatum Benth. in Numer. List: n.° 3963 (1831)
  • Melasma asperrimum (Benth.) Engl. in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 358 (1895)
  • Melasma barbatum Hiern in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 374 (1904)
  • Melasma commune (Hemsl.) Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 473 (1916)
  • Melasma cordatum (Benth.) Engl. in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 358 (1895)
  • Melasma dentatum (Benth.) K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 394 (1900)
  • Melasma indicum var. monticola Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 402 (1901)
  • Melasma thomsonii (Hook.f.) Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 91 (1891)
  • Rhinanthus scaber Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 98 (1800)
  • Starbia madagascariensis Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 632 (1841)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical Asia & Afric Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 1:458.

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Alectra sessiliflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Alectra sessiliflora. Published online. Accessed: October 27 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Alectra sessiliflora Accessed: 27 October 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Alectra sessiliflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alectra sessiliflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: geelblom, verfblommetjie
සිංහල: sono
中文: 黑蒴

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