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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Orobanche L., Sp. Pl. 632-633 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Orabanche Losc & Pardo (1863) nom. illeg., nom. inval.
Description
Annual or perennial herbs with short underground root tubers or tuber-like rhizomes attached to roots of host plants. Stems simple or branched, often stout, with numerous scale lvs. Fls in dense spikes or racemes. Calyx either irregularly 4–(5)-toothed or laterally 2-lipped with usually 2 entire or 2-fid segments, sometimes with a fifth posterior tooth. Corolla strongly 2-lipped; tube curved; upper lip ± 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed, at least as long as upper. Stamens included. Ovary with 4 placentae, variously lobed. Stigma lobes fleshy. Valves of capsule sometimes remaining attached apically. Seeds minute, very numerous.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
