7625.000 Striga Lour. - Witchweeds

Hepper, F.N. (1990) Striga Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) 127-135

Description of the genus

Annual, rarely perennial, root-parasitic herbs. Stems stiffly erect, often square. Leaves opposite or nearly so, ± sessile. Inflorescence a spike. Flowers in axils of leaves or in dense heads. Bracts leaf-like or reduced, bracteoles 2. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed or with 5 (rarely 4) teeth. Corolla with a narrow tube, sharply bent above middle, expanded above; the upper (2) lobes erect, lower (3) lobes spreading. Stamens 4; anthers strictly 1-thecous. Fruit a cylindric or ± ovoid capsule. Seeds minute.

Worldwide: 40 species in the Old World tropics and South Africa

Burundi: 6 taxa.

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SpeciesContent
asiatica (L.) KuntzeDescription, Image
bilabiata (Thunb.) KuntzeDescription, Image
bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze subsp. barteri (Engl.) Hepper
forbesii Benth.Description, Image
gesnerioides (Willd.) VatkeDescription, Image
linearifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Hepper

Other sources of information about Striga:

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Striga
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Striga
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Striga
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Striga
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Striga
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Striga
JSTOR Plant Science: Striga
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Striga
Plants of the World Online: Striga
Tropicos: Striga
Wikipedia: Striga



Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Striga.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1298, retrieved 21 November 2024

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