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Broomrapes
Orobanche
Orobanche (broomrape or broom-rape) is a genus of over 200 species of parasitic herbaceous plants in the family Orobanchaceae, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Some species formerly included in this genus are now referred to the genus Conopholis. The broomrape plant is small, from 10–60 cm tall depending on species. It is best recognized by its yellow- to straw-coloured stems completely lacking chlorophyll, bearing yellow, white, or blue snapdragon-like flowers. The flower shoots are scaly,
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Minores
subsectionMinores
Cruentae
sectionCruentae
Galeatae
sectionGaleatae
Glandulosae
sectionGlandulosae
Curvatae
sectionCurvatae
Speciosae
sectionSpeciosae
Arcuatae
sectionArcuatae
Coerulescentes
sectionCoerulescentes
Amoenae
sectionAmoenae
Orobanche ingens
speciesOrobanche ingens
Orobanche kurdica
speciesOrobanche kurdica
Orobanche castellana
speciesOrobanche castellana
Orobanche staehelinae
speciesOrobanche staehelinae
Orobanche baumanniorum
speciesOrobanche baumanniorum
Orobanche chilensis
speciesOrobanche chilensis
Orobanche rosea
speciesOrobanche rosea
Orobanche ritro
speciesOrobanche ritro
Orobanche tarapacana
speciesOrobanche tarapacana
Orobanche zosimii
speciesOrobanche zosimii
Orobanche turcica
speciesOrobanche turcica
Orobanche spectabilis
speciesOrobanche spectabilis
Orobanche hansii
speciesOrobanche hansii
Orobanche javakhetica
speciesOrobanche javakhetica
Orobanche kotschyi
speciesOrobanche kotschyi
Orobanche zajaciorum
speciesOrobanche zajaciorum
Orobanche dominae
speciesOrobanche dominae
Orobanche raddeana
speciesOrobanche raddeana
Orobanche sintenisii
speciesOrobanche sintenisii
Orobanche grigorjevii
speciesOrobanche grigorjevii
Orobanche vitellina
speciesOrobanche vitellina
Orobanche yuennanensis
speciesOrobanche yuennanensis
Orobanche arpica
speciesOrobanche arpica
Orobanche borissovae
speciesOrobanche borissovae
Orobanche androssovii
speciesOrobanche androssovii
Orobanche longibracteata
speciesOrobanche longibracteata
Orobanche cyrenaica
speciesOrobanche cyrenaica
Orobanche megalantha
speciesOrobanche megalantha
Orobanche mlokosiewiczii
speciesOrobanche mlokosiewiczii
Orobanche mupinensis
speciesOrobanche mupinensis
Orobanche sinensis
speciesOrobanche sinensis
Orobanche fuscovinosa
speciesOrobanche fuscovinosa
Orobanche humbertii
speciesOrobanche humbertii
Orobanche astragali
speciesOrobanche astragali
Orobanche glabricaulis
speciesOrobanche glabricaulis
Orobanche connata
speciesOrobanche connata
Orobanche hymenocalyx
speciesOrobanche hymenocalyx
Orobanche schelkovnikovii
speciesOrobanche schelkovnikovii
Orobanche solenanthi
speciesOrobanche solenanthi
Orobanche sordida
speciesOrobanche sordida
Orobanche montserratii
speciesOrobanche montserratii
Orobanche mayeri
speciesOrobanche mayeri
Orobanche loscosii
speciesOrobanche loscosii
Orobanche solmsii
speciesOrobanche solmsii
Orobanche stocksii
speciesOrobanche stocksii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.288
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.313
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.405
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.706
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.564
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.283
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.282
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.289
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.174
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.420
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.305
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.60
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47321.