Summary
Place of publication:
Compan. Bot. Mag. 1:365. 1836
Verified:
01/13/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
- Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995
- Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
- Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
- Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
- Merxmüller, H., ed. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. 1966-1972
- Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
- Mohamed, K. I. et al. 2001. The genus Striga (Scrophulariaceae) in Africa. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88:85-86.
- Musselman, L. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1986. The witchweeds (Striga, Scrophulariaceae) of the Sudan Republic. Kew Bull. 41:216.
- Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
purple witchweed –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Djibouti | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
-
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | parasite | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102301.
Accessed 20 September 2024.