Orobanchaceae
This list of genera was made in January 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Hassler (1994 – 2025), Neel & Cummings (2004), Olmstead (2021), Schneider (2016), Xia et al. 2009 and Xia et al. 2021. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Aeginetia L. | ||
| Agalinis Raf. (prev. under Gerardia Benth.) | Gerardia L. | |
| Alectra Thunb. | ||
| Anisantherina Pennell | ||
| Aphyllon Mitch. (prev. under Orobanche L.) | ||
| Asepalum Marais (prev. under Cyclocheilon Oliv.) | ||
| Aureolaria Raf. (prev. under Gerardia L., Dasistoma Raf.) | ||
| Bartsia L. | ||
| Bartsiella Bolliger | Odontites Ludw. | |
| Baumia Engl. & Gilg | ||
| Bellardia All. | ||
| Bornmuellerantha Rothm. | Odontites Ludw. | |
| Boschniakia C.A.Mey. ex Bongard | ||
| Boulardia F.W.Schultz (prev. under Orobanche L.) | ||
| Brachystigma Pennell (prev. under Gerardia Benth.) | ||
| Brandisia Hook.f. & Thomson | ||
| Buchnera L. | Eylesia S.Moore | |
| Bungea C.A.Mey. | ||
| Buttonia McKen ex Benth. | ||
| Castilleja Mutis ex L.f. | ||
| Centranthera R.Br. | ||
| Chloropyron Behr (prev. under Cordylanthus Nutt. ex Benth.) | ||
| Christisonia Gardner | ||
| Cistanche Hoffmanns. & Link | ||
| Conopholis Wallr. | ||
| Cordylanthus Nutt. ex Benth. | ||
| Cyclocheilon Oliv. | ||
| Cycniopsis Engl. | ||
| Cycnium E.Mey. ex Benth. | ||
| Cymbaria L. | ||
| Dasistoma Raf. | ||
| Epifagus Nutt. | ||
| Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. | ||
| Esterhazya J.C.Mikan | ||
| Euphrasia L. | Siphonidium J.B.Armstr. | |
| Eylesia S.Moore | Buchnera L. | |
| Gerardia Benth. | Agalinis Raf. | |
| Gerardiina Engl. | ||
| Ghikaea Volkens & Schweinf. | ||
| Graderia Benth. | ||
| Harveya Hook. | ||
| Hedbergia Molau (prev. under Bartsia L.) | ||
| Hiernia S.Moore | ||
| Hyobanche L. | ||
| Kopsiopsis (Beck) Beck (prev. under Boschniakia C.A.Mey. ex Bongard) | ||
| Lamourouxia Kunth | ||
| Lathraea L. | ||
| Leptorhabdos Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | ||
| Leucosalpa Scott Elliot | ||
| Lindenbergia Lehm. | ||
| Macranthera Nutt. ex Benth. | ||
| Mannagettaea Harry Sm. | ||
| Melampyrum L. | ||
| Melasma P.J.Bergius | ||
| Micrargeria Benth. | ||
| Neobartsia Uribe-Convers & Tank (prev. under Bartsia L.) | ||
| Nesogenes A.DC. | ||
| Nothobartsia Bolliger & Molau (prev. under Bartsia L.) | ||
| Nothochilus Radlk. | ||
| Odontitella Rothm. | ||
| Odontites Ludw. | Bartsiella Boll., Bornmuellerantha Rothmaler | |
| Omphalotrix Maxim. | ||
| Orobanche L. | ||
| Orthocarpus Nutt. | ||
| Parasopubia H.-P.Hofm. & Eb.Fisch. (prev. under Sopubia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) | ||
| Parentucellia Viv. | ||
| Pedicularis L. | ||
| Petitmenginia Bonati (prev. under Sopubia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) | ||
| Phelipanche Pomel (prev. under Orobanche L.) | ||
| Phelypaea Tourn. ex L. | ||
| Phtheirospermum Bunge ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | ||
| Physocalyx Pohl | ||
| Pseudosopubia Engl. | ||
| Pterygiella Oliv. | ||
| Radamaea Benth. | ||
| Rehmannia Libosch. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | ||
| Rhamphicarpa Benth. | ||
| Rhinanthus L. | ||
| Rhynchocorys Griseb. | ||
| Schwalbea L. | ||
| Seymeria Pursh | ||
| Silvia Benth. | ||
| Silviella Pennell (prev. under Silvia Benth.) | ||
| Siphonidium J.B.Armstr. | Euphrasia L. | |
| Siphonostegia Benth. | ||
| Sopubia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don | ||
| Striga Lour. | ||
| Thunbergianthus Engl. | ||
| Tozzia L. | ||
| Triaenophora Soler. | ||
| Triphysaria Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | ||
| Vellosiella Baill. | ||
| Xylanche Beck | ||
| Xylocalyx Balf.f. |
References
- Hassler, Michael (1994 – 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. – www.worldplants.de. Last accessed 20/01/2025.
- Neel, M.C., Cummings, M.P. (2004). Section-level relationships of North American Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) based on DNA sequence analysis of three chloroplast gene regions. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-4-15
- Olmstead, R.G. (2021). A Synoptical Classification of the Lamiales, Version 2.7.3
- Schneider, A.C. (2016). Resurrection of the genus Aphyllon for New World broomrapes (Orobanche s.l., Orobanchaceae). PhytoKeys, 75, 107-118. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.75.10473
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Xia, Z., Wang, Y-Z, Smith, J.F. (2009). Familial placement and relations of Rehmannia and Triaenophora (Scrophulariaceae s.l.) inferred from five gene regions. American Journal of Botany, 96(2), 519-30. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800195
- Xia, Z., Li, C-C-, Wen, J., Wang, Y-Z. (2021). Rehmannieae or Rehmanniaceae? Evidence from plastome sequences and floral morphology, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 196 (2), 145–162, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa105
Foto: Buchnera L. © Suvrat Kotagal