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: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| orobanchoides Benth. | Description, Image | |
| pseudobarleriae (Dinter) Dinter | ||
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper | Description, Image | |
| vogelii Benth. | Image |