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Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 11 (1875). Buchnera gesnerioides Willd. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1801) Striga orobanchoides Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1836)-F.T.A4, 2: 402; ChevBot477
Information
Stiff erect perennial herb with usually rather stout stems a few inches to 1 ft. or more high; flowers pink or purple or creamy white; in waste places and cultivated land; drying black.
Habitat
; in waste places and cultivated land
Range
Also in Cape Verde Islands, throughout tropical and S. Africa and through Arabia to India
Distribution
Maur.: Dendari to Bou Zériba (Oct.) Monod 4007!Sen.: Sieber 52! Heudelot 540! Leprieur 6! Farmar 131!Gam.: Kuntaur Ruxton 53!Mali: Ségou (Sept.) Chev. 3280!S. L.: Buyabuya, Scarcies (fl. & fr. Feb.) Sc. Elliot 4279!Ghana: Zuarungu (fl. & fr. Sept.) Thorold 210! Manga (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Thorold 248!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 189!Dah.: Cotonou (Nov.) Le Testu 229!Niger: Niamey (fl. & fr. Oct.) Hagerup 479!N. Nig.: Sokoto (fl. & fr. Aug., Nov.) Dalz. 357! Moiser 63! Naraguta (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Lely 489! Kilba Hills and Yola (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Dalz. 300!S. Nig.: Addarundu T. Vogel! Ado Rock, Oyo (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Keay 8 Savory FHI 25446!

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 11 (1875). Buchnera gesnerioides Willd. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1801) Striga orobanchoides Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1836)-F.T.A4, 2: 402; ChevBot477
Information
Stiff erect perennial herb with usually rather stout stems a few inches to 1 ft. or more high; flowers pink or purple or creamy white; in waste places and cultivated land; drying black.
Habitat
; in waste places and cultivated land
Range
Also in Cape Verde Islands, throughout tropical and S. Africa and through Arabia to India
Distribution
Maur.: Dendari to Bou Zériba (Oct.) Monod 4007!Sen.: Sieber 52! Heudelot 540! Leprieur 6! Farmar 131!Gam.: Kuntaur Ruxton 53!Mali: Ségou (Sept.) Chev. 3280!S. L.: Buyabuya, Scarcies (fl. & fr. Feb.) Sc. Elliot 4279!Ghana: Zuarungu (fl. & fr. Sept.) Thorold 210! Manga (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Thorold 248!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 189!Dah.: Cotonou (Nov.) Le Testu 229!Niger: Niamey (fl. & fr. Oct.) Hagerup 479!N. Nig.: Sokoto (fl. & fr. Aug., Nov.) Dalz. 357! Moiser 63! Naraguta (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Lely 489! Kilba Hills and Yola (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Dalz. 300!S. Nig.: Addarundu T. Vogel! Ado Rock, Oyo (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Keay 8 Savory FHI 25446!

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 11 (1875). Buchnera gesnerioides Willd. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1801) Striga orobanchoides Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1836)-F.T.A4, 2: 402; ChevBot477
Information
Stiff erect perennial herb with usually rather stout stems a few inches to 1 ft. or more high; flowers pink or purple or creamy white; in waste places and cultivated land; drying black.
Habitat
; in waste places and cultivated land
Range
Also in Cape Verde Islands, throughout tropical and S. Africa and through Arabia to India
Distribution
Maur.: Dendari to Bou Zériba (Oct.) Monod 4007!Sen.: Sieber 52! Heudelot 540! Leprieur 6! Farmar 131!Gam.: Kuntaur Ruxton 53!Mali: Ségou (Sept.) Chev. 3280!S. L.: Buyabuya, Scarcies (fl. & fr. Feb.) Sc. Elliot 4279!Ghana: Zuarungu (fl. & fr. Sept.) Thorold 210! Manga (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Thorold 248!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 189!Dah.: Cotonou (Nov.) Le Testu 229!Niger: Niamey (fl. & fr. Oct.) Hagerup 479!N. Nig.: Sokoto (fl. & fr. Aug., Nov.) Dalz. 357! Moiser 63! Naraguta (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Lely 489! Kilba Hills and Yola (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Dalz. 300!S. Nig.: Addarundu T. Vogel! Ado Rock, Oyo (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Keay 8 Savory FHI 25446!
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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