broomrape family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato. Together they are a monophyletic group, forming a distinct family.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pedicularideae
tribePedicularideae
Rhinantheae
tribeRhinantheae
Orobancheae
tribeOrobancheae
Buchnereae
tribeBuchnereae
Lindenbergieae
tribeLindenbergieae
Cymbarieae
tribeCymbarieae
Rehmannieae
tribeRehmannieae
Pterygielleae
tribePterygielleae
Brandisieae
tribeBrandisieae
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 stacks
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Every page naming Orobanchaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 47322.