Nomenclature: wfo-0001138068
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![Kew Gardens K000405339: Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000405339: Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/767c67c948bb2340dcdc21259df40a43.jpg)
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![Kew Gardens K000405342: Drège [130d] South Africa Kew Gardens K000405342: Drège [130d] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/9b6a7aaa5d5689ca228ae89a9fabd991.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000405343: Drège [130a] South Africa Kew Gardens K000405343: Drège [130a] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/3034caf01aa3b10dd1fc89f4ddb0a1db.jpg)
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![Kew Gardens K000405346: Ecklon [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000405346: Ecklon [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/8e1e27a754d64397eb49b5e7460d9abe.jpg)
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![Kew Gardens K000899625: Edgewoth, M.P. [52] India Kew Gardens K000899625: Edgewoth, M.P. [52] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/ca6a03fc2efc9f83ae03568e9d76c1c1.jpg)


Alectra sessiliflora Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 458 (1891)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 458. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405206: Brown, E. [191] Uganda Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405207: Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405208: Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405211: Schimper [1229] Ethiopia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405212: Schimper [1229] Ethiopia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405213: Schimper [1229] Ethiopia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405219: Kassner [2827] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405223: Overlaet, H.G.H. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Link to Paratype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405224: Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405225: Heudelot [787] Guinea Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405226: Guillemin [9] Senegal Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405338: Gerrard, W.T. [291] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405339: Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405340: Krauss [168] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405341: Cooper, T.; Cole [2900] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405342: Drège [130d] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405343: Drège [130a] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405344: Rehamann, A. [6617] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405345: South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405346: Ecklon [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405347: Krauss [168] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405348: Galpin, E.E. [929] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405358: Bachmannia, J. [151] Malawi Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000405361: Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000899624: Wallich, N. [3963] Burma Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000899625: Edgewoth, M.P. [52] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Martin Vahl (1749-1804) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Vahl' in the authors string.
- person : Otto Kuntze (1843-1907) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Kuntze' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 798794-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record tro-29203556
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: tro-29203556
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2024-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Plantae > Pteridobiotina > Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Alectra > Alectra sessiliflora
Synonyms
- Nigrina melampyrodes
- Melasma thomsonii
- Melasma sessiliflorum
- Melasma asperrimum
- Melasma barbatum
- Melasma dentatum
- Melasma cordatum
- Melasma commune
- Rhinanthus scaber
- Starbia madagascariensis
- Alectra aberdarica
- Alectra arabica
- Alectra asperrima
- Alectra barbata
- Alectra communis
- Alectra congolensis
- Alectra cordata
- Alectra hundtii
- Alectra ibityensis
- Alectra ledermannii
- Alectra melampyroides
- Alectra moeroensis
- Alectra rupestris
- Alectra schliebenii
- Alectra senegalensis
- Alectra sessiliflora f. barbata
- Alectra sessiliflora var. monticola
- Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis
- Alectra thomsonii
- Alectra trinervis
- Bartsia scabra
- Gerardia sessiliflora
- Hymenospermum dentatum
- Melasma indicum var. monticolum
- Nigrina sessiliflora
- Glossostylis cordata
- Alectra sessiliflora var. sessiliflora
- Nigrina sessiflora
- Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens
- Alectra senegalensis var. minima
- Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens
- Melasma indicum var. monticola
Taxonomic References
- database : POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:798794-1 Govaerts R (ed.). 2024. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants [Version 12]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [WWW document] URL http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ [accessed 15 January 2024].