Striga gesnerioides

Taxonavigation

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

Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke

Homotypic
- Buchnera gesnerioides Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 338 (1800)
Heterotypic
- Buchnera hydrabadensis Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 292 (1821)
- Buchnera orobanchoides R.Br. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 2: 388 (1832)
- Campuleia coerulea Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846)
- Campuleia rosea Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846)
- Chorobanche indica C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845)
- Harveya varia Hook. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 723 (1840)
- Microsyphus parviflorus C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845)
- Orobanche indica Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 817 (1825)
- Orobanche varia E.Mey. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 231 (1841), not validly publ.
- Psammostachys varia C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845)
- Striga chloroleuca Dinter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 367 (1927)
- Striga gesnerioides var. arondensis M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 420 (2001), no Latin descr. or type.
- Striga gesnerioides var. minor Santapau in Kew Bull. 1948: 491 (1949)
- Striga orchidea Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846)
- Striga orobanchoides (R.Br.) Benth. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 361 (1836)
- Striga scottiana Jeeva, Shyn.Brintha & Rasingam in J. Basic Appl. Biol. 6(3-4): 79 (2012)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical & S. Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
- Introduced into:
  - Florida
- Recorded in error in:
  - Morocco

Vatke, W. 1875. Plantas in itinere africano ab J. M. Hildebrandt collectas determinare pergit W. Vatke. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 25(5): 166–169. DOI: 10.1007/BF01614607 BHL Reference page. : 25:11.

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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Striga gesnerioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Striga gesnerioides. Published online. Accessed: November 02 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Striga gesnerioides Accessed: 02 November 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Striga gesnerioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 November 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Striga gesnerioides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Afrikaans: bloublom
English: cowpea witchweed
SiSwati: sono
Sesotho: seona
isiXhosa: igalo

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