Skip to content
Category

Orobanchaceae genera

page 1
Orobanche
Orobanche, commonly known as broomrape, is a genus of almost 200 species of small parasitic herbaceous plants, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is the type genus of the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is a weed on broadleaf crop plants in Australia, where some states enforce mandatory destruction and reporting, as well as prohibition of sale.
Pedicularis
Pedicularis is a genus of perennial green root parasite plants currently placed in the family Orobanchaceae (the genus previously having been placed in Scrophulariaceae sensu lato). thumb|230px|Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum (Moor-king Lousewort) thumb|230px|Pedicularis semibarbata ssp charlestonensis (pinewoods lousewort) thumbnail|Pollination thumb|230px|Pedicularis zeylanica ==Uses== Pedicularis is used medicinally in teas and smoking blends.
Euphrasia
Euphrasia, or eyebright, is a genus of about 215 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are hemiparasitic on grasses and other plants. Both the common and generic names refer to the plant's use in a lotion for treating eye infections, with Euphrasia literally meaning 'good-cheer'.
Melampyrum
thumb|right|Melampyrum saxosum
Rhinanthus
Rhinanthus is a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbaceous plants in the family Orobanchaceae, formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae. Its species are commonly known as rattles. The genus consists of about 30 to 40 species found in Europe, northern Asia, and North America, with the greatest species diversity (28 species) in Europe.
Lathraea
Lathraea (toothwort) is a small genus of five to seven species of flowering plants, native to temperate Europe and Asia. They are parasitic plants on the roots of other plants, and are completely lacking chlorophyll. They are classified in the family Orobanchaceae.
Odontites
Odontites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Castilleja
Castilleja ( or ), commonly known as paintbrushes, painted cups, or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial mostly herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. These plants are classified in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae (following major rearrangements of the order Lamiales starting around 2001; sources which do not follow these reclassifications may place them in the Scrophulariaceae). They are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses
Striga
Striga, commonly known as witchweed, is a genus of parasitic plants that occur naturally in parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. It is currently classified in the family Orobanchaceae, although older classifications place it in the Scrophulariaceae. Some species are serious pathogens of cereal crops, with the greatest effects being in savanna agriculture in Africa. It also causes considerable crop losses in other regions, including other tropical and subtropical crops in its native range and in the Americas. The generic name derives from Latin strī̆ga, "witch".
Cistanche
Cistanche is a Eurasian and African genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths.
Bartsia
thumb|right|200px|Bartsia trixago (synonym of Bellardia trixago) thumb|right|200px|Bartsia chilensis ([[basionym of Neobartsia chilensis)]]
Parentucellia
Parentucellia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae containing about four species. They are known generally as glandweeds. The genus was named for Pope Nicholas V, whose surname was Parentucelli.
Rehmannia
Rehmannia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales and family Orobanchaceae, which is native to China and Japan. It has been placed as the only member of the monotypic tribe Rehmannieae, but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that it forms a clade with Triaenophora. Contrary to the vast majority of the taxa of Orobanchaceae, Rehmannia is not parasitic.
Lindenbergia
Lindenbergia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across Asia to the Philippines, and is most abundant in India.
Alectra
genus of plants
Aeginetia
Aeginetia is a genus of plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native mostly to tropical Asia and also Cameroon (in Africa).
Boschniakia
Boschniakia is a genus of parasitic plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They are known commonly as groundcones and they are native to western North America and extreme northeastern Asia. Some taxonomists consider Boschniakia to be three separate genera: Boschniakia, Kopsiopsis, and Xylanche. When the genus is split, only a single species remains: Boschniakia rossica, the northern groundcone.
Cymbaria
Cymbaria is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, the Altai, Mongolia, northern China and Manchuria. They are hemiparasites of other plants, obtaining nutrients through haustoria which attach to the roots of the hosts, and doing some photosynthesis on their own.
Sopubia
Sopubia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Phtheirospermum
Phtheirospermum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Phtheirospermum japonicum, which is hemiparasitic and often used as a model species to study plant parasitism. P. japonicum has a broad host range and its native range is Russian Far East to Korea.
Agalinis
thumb|White Agalanis purpurea
Buchnera
genus of plants
Conopholis
Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. thumb|Conopholis americana
Rhamphicarpa
Rhamphicarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Harveya
genus of plants
Seymeria
Seymeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Aureolaria
Aureolaria, with the common name false foxgloves, is a genus of 8 species, native to North America.
Nesogenes
Nesogenes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Orthocarpus
Orthocarpus, or '''owl's-clover', is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (broomrapes). They are native to North America. A number of species formerly included in Orthocarpus have been transferred to the genus Castilleja'', which includes the plants commonly known as Indian paintbrush. Plants of the genus are generally less than in height.
Hyobanche
Hyobanche are a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to southern Africa. They are root parasites that cannot perform photosynthesis, and are only observed above ground when flowering.
Mannagettaea
Mannagettaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is a holoparasitic plant.
Graderia
Graderia is a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae, which is native to Africa and Socotra. It belongs to the tribe Buchnereae. It is a hemiparasitic taxon.
Gleadovia
Gleadovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Christisonia
thumb | right | Christisonia bicolor Gardner Christisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Brandisia
Brandisia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Bungea
Bungea is a genus of plants, belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Centranthera
Centranthera is a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae. The genus is distributed in Asia. There are about 10 species in this genus, and the majority have funnel-shaped flowers. In Nepal, Centranthera cochinchinensis is reportedly used an alternate fodder.
Rhynchocorys
Rhynchocorys is a small genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae.
Siphonostegia
Siphonostegia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Esterhazya
thumb | right | Esterhazya macrodonta Esterhazya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Pterygiella
Pterygiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Cordylanthus
Cordylanthus (), commonly known as '''bird's beaks''', is a genus of parasitic plants in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae. These western North American natives are sparse, weedy-looking annuals with long branching erect stems and little foliage, and many bear bird's-beak–shaped flowers. They are remarkable among the broomrapes for growing at searing temperatures in arid climates.
Monochasma
Monochasma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Cycnium
Cycnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.
Tozzia
Tozzia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants within the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It contains a unique species, Tozzia alpina.
Silviella
genus of plants
Buttonia
Buttonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Escobedia
Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Triphysaria
Triphysaria is a genus of five plants in the family Orobanchaceae, commonly known as '''owl's-clovers'. This genus is closely related to the genera Castilleja and Orthocarpus. Triphysaria'' species are native to western North America, including one species that is endemic to California.
Xylocalyx
Xylocalyx is a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Micrargeria
Micrargeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Physocalyx
Physocalyx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Leucosalpa
Leucosalpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Radamaea
Radamaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Melasma
genus of plants
Gerardiina
Gerardiina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Pseudosopubia
Pseudosopubia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Nothobartsia
Nothobartsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Phelipanche
Phelipanche is a genus of parasitic plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Thunbergianthus
Thunbergianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.