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Orobanchaceae

190 species · Plants

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Chloropyron palmatum (Ferris) Tank & J.M.Egger

Chloropyron palmatum is a rare annual hemiparasitic herb endemic to California’s Central Valley alkali sink habitats.

Dicranostegia orcuttiana (A.Gray) Pennell

Dicranostegia orcuttiana is an annual hemiparasitic herb found in riparian areas of Southern California and Baja California, with some extirpated populations.

Macranthera flammea (W.Bartram) Pennell

Macranthera flammea, the flameflower or hummingbird-flower, is a single-species Orobanchaceae genus endemic to the southeastern US Coastal Plain.

Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz

Phtheirospermum is a monotypic Orobanchaceae genus, whose only species P. japonicum is a hemiparasite used as a model for plant parasitism research.

Orobanche elatior Sutton

Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior) is a parasitic flowering plant native from Europe to China and Iran.

Orobanche densiflora Salzm. ex Bertol.

Orobanche densiflora is an Orobanchaceae species; its reported Maltese endemic form is unconfirmed by recent records.

Orobanche reticulata Wallr.

Orobanche reticulata is a parasitic perennial herb that hosts on creeping thistle, native to Western European and Central Asian lowlands.

Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight

Cistanche tubulosa is a parasitic desert plant used as a source of traditional Chinese herbal medicine cistanche.

Aphyllon uniflorum var. occidentale Greene

Aphyllon uniflorum var. occidentale is a leafless parasitic North American plant that lacks chlorophyll.

Aphyllon ludovicianum (Nutt.) A.Gray

Aphyllon ludovicianum is a parasitic, scaly-leaved Orobanchaceae plant native to central and northwestern North America.

Boschniakia himalaica Hook.fil. & Thomson

Xylanche himalaica is the only species in genus Xylanche, a parasitic Himalayan flowering plant in Orobanchaceae native to Asia.

Phelipanche mutelii var. nana (Reut.) Uhlich & Rätzel

Dwarf broomrape (Phelipanche mutelii var. nana) is an endemic Orobanchaceae plant native to Malta.

Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel

Phelipanche ramosa, branched hemp broomrape, is a parasitic agricultural pest native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Schwalbea americana L.

Schwalbea americana L., or American chaffseed, is a herbaceous hemiparasitic plant that relies on fire to maintain its open savanna habitat.

Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze

Striga asiatica is a parasitic plant that grows on host roots, with above-ground green foliage and regionally varying coloured flowers.

Buchnera americana L.

Buchnera americana, or bluehearts, is a hemiparasitic perennial flowering plant native to central-eastern North America.

Buchnera linearis R.Br.

Buchnera linearis (blackrod) is a short-lived semi-parasitic flowering herb from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, first described in 1810 by Robert Brown.

Harveya purpurea (L.fil.) Harv. ex Hook.

Harveya purpurea is a non-photosynthetic, endemic annual parasitic herb from South Africa’s Eastern and Western Cape.

Graderia subintegra Mast.

Graderia subintegra Mast. is a low perennial shrub that grows from a somewhat woody rootstock with radiating trailing or ascending stems.

Escobedia grandiflora (L.fil.) Kuntze

Escobedia grandiflora is an orange-rooted neotropical hemiparasitic herb, historically used for dye and medicine, now with sharply declining populations.

Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth.

Rhamphicarpa fistulosa, rice vampireweed, is an African parasitic weed increasingly damaging rain-fed lowland rice crops.

Cycnium tubulosum (L.fil.) Engl.

Cycnium tubulosum, or vlei ink-flower, is a hemiparasitic African perennial herb that discolors black when dried, pollinated by hawkmoths.

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