Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs, usually erect and hispid, turning black when dried. Leaves opposite or alternate, sessile or ± so. Flowers solitary in upper axils. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments all bearded or the 2 larger ones only or all glabrous; anthers 2-thecal. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Asia Zambia: 12 taxa. |
No image yet |
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| asperrima Benth. | W,E | |
| dolichocalyx Philcox | S | |
| glandulosa Philcox [End] [LR-lc] | N,W | |
| orobanchoides Benth. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| parasitica A.Rich. | N | |
| picta (Hiern) Hemsl. | B,N,S | Image |
| pubescens Philcox [End] [LR-lc] | N | |
| rigida (Hiern) Hemsl. | N,W,C | |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. | B,N,W | |
| sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| vogelii Benth. | N,E,S | Image |