Alectra (plant)
Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. It comprises hemiparasitic species which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.
Systematics
The genera Alectra comprises the following species.Alectra alectroides Melch.Alectra atrosanguinea Hemsl.Alectra aurantiaca Hemsl.Alectra avensis Merr.Alectra bainesii Hemsl.Alectra basserei BerhautAlectra basutica Melch.Alectra capensis Thunb.Alectra dolichocalyx PhilcoxAlectra dunensis Hilliard & B.L.BurttAlectra fruticosa Eb.Fisch.Alectra glandulosa PhilcoxAlectra gracilis S.MooreAlectra hildebrandtii Eb.Fisch.Alectra hirsuta KlotzschAlectra humbertii Eb.Fisch.Alectra lancifolia Hemsl.Alectra linearis HepperAlectra lurida Harv.Alectra natalensis Melch.Alectra orobanchoides Benth. syn. A. parvifolia SchinzAlectra parasitica A.Rich.Alectra picta Hemsl.Alectra pseudobarleriae DinterAlectra pubescens PhilcoxAlectra pumila Benth.Alectra rigida Hemsl.Alectra schoenfelderi Dinter & Melch.Alectra sessiliflora KuntzeAlectra stolzii Engl.Alectra thyrsoidea Melch.Alectra virgata Hemsl.Alectra vogelii Benth.Alectra pedicularioides Baker from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides Eb.Fisch. in 1996.