Alectra sessiliflora
A species in the Orobanchaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Alectra
- Species
- Alectra sessiliflora
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1891
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Alectra sessiliflora. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
42 synonyms in this snapshot
- Alectra aberdaricaName author: Chiov.
- Alectra arabicaName author: Deflers
- Alectra asperrimaName author: Benth.
- Alectra barbataName author: (Hiern) Melch.
- Alectra communisName author: Hemsl.
- Alectra congolensisName author: Troupin
- Alectra cordataName author: Benth.
- Alectra hundtiiName author: Melch.
- Alectra ibityensisName author: Eb.Fisch.
- Alectra ledermanniiName author: Engl.
- Alectra melampyroidesName author: Benth.
- Alectra moeroensisName author: Engl.
- Alectra rupestrisName author: Bonati
- Alectra schliebeniiName author: Melch.
- Alectra senegalensisName author: Benth.
- Alectra senegalensis var. minimaName author: A.Chev.
- Alectra senegalensis var. pallescensName author: Bonati ex Melch.
- Alectra senegalensis var. pallescensName author: Bonati
- Alectra sessiliflora f. barbataName author: (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Alectra sessiliflora var. monticolaName author: (Engl.) Melch.
- Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensisName author: (Benth.) Hepper
- Alectra sessiliflora var. sessilifloraName author: Not supplied
- Alectra thomsoniiName author: Hook.f.
- Alectra trinervisName author: Hemsl.
- Bartsia scabraName author: (Thunb.) Spreng.
- Gerardia sessilifloraName author: Vahl
- Glossostylis cordataName author: (Benth.) Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Hymenospermum dentatumName author: Benth.
- Melasma asperrimumName author: (Benth.) Engl.
- Melasma barbatumName author: Hiern
- Melasma communeName author: (Hemsl.) Eyles
- Melasma cordatumName author: (Benth.) Engl.
- Melasma dentatumName author: (Benth.) K.Schum.
- Melasma indicum var. monticolaName author: Engl.
- Melasma indicum var. monticolumName author: Engl.
- Melasma sessiliflorumName author: (Vahl) Hiern
- Melasma thomsoniiName author: (Hook.f.) Wettst.
- Nigrina melampyrodesName author: Kuntze
- Nigrina sessifloraName author: Kuntze
- Nigrina sessilifloraName author: (Vahl) Kuntze
- Rhinanthus scaberName author: Thunb.
- Starbia madagascariensisName author: Steud.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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