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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

Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon.

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alectra
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alectra
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alectra
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alectra
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iNaturalist: Alectra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alectra
JSTOR Plant Science: Alectra
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alectra
Plants of the World Online: Alectra
Tropicos: Alectra
Wikipedia: Alectra
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Alectra.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1289, retrieved 29 April 2024

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