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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Striga

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Orobanchaceae

About 40 species, native to Africa, Asia and Australia, with about nine species in southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Striga angustifolia

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Striga asiatica

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Striga bilabiata

 

Striga elegans

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Striga forbesii

 

Striga gesnerioides

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Striga hermonthica

 

Striga junodii

 

Striga macrantha

Recorded from Zimbabwe.