Hedbergia longiflora
# Hedbergia longiflora

Hedbergia longiflora, formerly Bartsia longiflora, is a species of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.

It is an afromontane species, restricted to the mountains of northeastern Africa.

A subspecies, Hedbergia longiflora subsp. macrophylla Hedberg, has also been described.

## Phylogeny

The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters. Hedbergia longiflora groups with Hedbergia decurva and Hedbergia abyssinica into a Hedbergia clade nested within the core Rhinantheae. These three taxa share evolutionary affinities with genera Tozzia, Bellardia, Neobartsia, Parentucellia, and Odontites.

Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae. :

The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear DNA (ribosomal ITS) and plastid DNA (rps16 intron, trnK, and other regions) molecular characters. :

