Striga Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Native to:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Chagos Archipelago, Florida, Jawa, North Carolina, South Carolina
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Campuleia Thouars in Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 7 (1806)
- Microsyphus C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845)
- Psammostachys C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845)
- Camphyleia Spreng. in Gen. Pl., ed. 9. 2: 486 (1831)
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 399.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Fl. Cochinch.: 22 (1790).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by K.I. Mohamed & L.J. Musselman [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Mohamed, Musselman & Riches in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 60–103 (2001).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- F.T.A. 4(4): 399 (1906)
- Fl. Cochinch.: 22 (1790)
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
IPNI - The International Plant Names Index
View this genus in the Tree of Life Explorer
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Oct 1, 2009 | Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson, K. [89196] Malawi | K000191360 | Yes | ||
| Oct 16, 2008 | Crawford, F. [52] Namibia | K000450282 | Yes | ||
| Oct 16, 2008 | Crawford, F. [128] Namibia | K000450281 | Yes | ||
| Aug 26, 2003 | Laycock, D. [7463] Indonesia | K000183455 | Yes | ||
| Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10577] Tanzania | K:SPC-24770.000 | No | |||
| Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10024] Tanzania | K:SPC-24766.000 | No | |||
| Santapau, H. [3545] India | K000999940 | Type | Yes | ||
| de Nevers, G. [14879] Guinea | K000010927 | No | |||
| Ash [518] Ethiopia | K:SPC-71416.000 | No | |||
| Milne-Redhead, E. [4161] Angola | K:SPC-35210.000 | No | |||
| Collenette, I.S. [7761] Saudi Arabia | K:SPC-56125.000 | No | |||
| Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2731] Benin | K001562102 | Yes | |||
| Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [724A] Yemen | K:SPC-30678.000 | No | |||
| Ash [347] Ethiopia | K:SPC-13369.023 | No | |||
| Meikle, R.D. [746] Nigeria | K:SPC-17742.000 | No | |||
| Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10018] Tanzania | K:SPC-24390.000 | No | |||
| Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India | K000999945 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Collenette, I.S. [6423] Saudi Arabia | K:SPC-51532.000 | No | |||
| Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3319] Tanzania | K:SPC-11240.000 | No | |||
| Onochie, C.F.A. [35409] Nigeria | K:SPC-01122.000 | No | |||
| Teijsmann, J.E. [s.n.] | K000999946 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Faulkner, H. [825] Tanzania | K:SPC-16356.000 | No | |||
| Ethiopia | K000379737 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Collenette, I.S. [6422] Saudi Arabia | K:SPC-51538.000 | No | |||
| Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K. [918] Ethiopia | K000379781 | Holotype | Yes | ||
| Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [950] Kenya | K:SPC-23741.000 | No | |||
| Collenette, I.S. [6904] Saudi Arabia | K:SPC-53238.000 | No | |||
| Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9524] Tanzania | K:SPC-27223.000 | No | |||
| Chancellor, R.J. [5] Uganda | K:SPC-02585.000 | No | |||
| Kenya | K:SPC-24531.000 | No | |||
| Collenette, I.S. [5980] Saudi Arabia | K:SPC-50938.000 | No |
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- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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- 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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- Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
- © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/