| Alectra | |
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| Alectra sessiliflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Buchnereae |
| Genus: | Alectra Thunb., 1784 |
| Synonyms | |
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Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. [1] It comprises hemiparasitic species[ citation needed ] which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia. [2]
The genera Alectra comprises the following species. [2] [3]
Alectra pedicularioidesBaker [3] from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996. [4] [5]
Dracaena is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae. It has also formerly been separated into the family Dracaenaceae or placed in the Agavaceae.
Phyllota is an Australian genus from the family Fabaceae, a biological grouping of flowering plants.
Myrica is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australia. Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treating the others in Morella.
Linderniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. Vandellia micrantha is eaten in Laos, but tastes bitter. Best known are the wishbone flowers Torenia fournieri and Torenia thouarsii, which are used as bedding plants especially in the tropics. Micranthemum is sold as an aquarium plant when it is called 'baby tears'.
Vepris is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It comprises around 90 species, mainly from tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands and at a lesser extent Arabia and India.
Hermannia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises at least 65 species with many more species as yet unresolved.
Oncinotis is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 7 species:
Craterostigma is a genus of shrub-like flowering plants in the family Linderniaceae, found in Africa, Madagascar, Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia and Java. The best studied species is the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, known for its unique drought tolerance.
Jamesbrittenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, disjunctly distributed in southern Africa, Sudan and Egypt, and India and Bangladesh. Subshrubs with profuse flowering, they are amenable to containers, so a number of cultivars and hybrid cultivars have been developed for the garden trade.
Aptosimum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.
Crepidorhopalon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Dopatrium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.
Stemodiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Sopubia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Linderniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Buchnera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Zanthoxyloideae is a subfamily of the family Rutaceae.