Alectra (plant)
# Alectra (plant)

Alectra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. It comprises hemiparasitic species which occur in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar, and tropical and subtropical Asia.

## Systematics

The genera Alectra comprises the following species.

* Alectra alectroides (S.Moore) Melch.
* Alectra atrosanguinea (Hiern) Hemsl.
* Alectra aurantiaca Hemsl.
* Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.
* Alectra bainesii Hemsl.
* Alectra basserei Berhaut
* Alectra basutica (E.Phillips) Melch.
* Alectra capensis Thunb.
* Alectra dolichocalyx Philcox
* Alectra dunensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
* Alectra fruticosa Eb.Fisch.
* Alectra glandulosa Philcox
* Alectra gracilis S.Moore
* Alectra hildebrandtii Eb.Fisch.
* Alectra hirsuta Klotzsch
* Alectra humbertii Eb.Fisch.
* Alectra lancifolia Hemsl.
* Alectra linearis Hepper
* Alectra lurida Harv.
* Alectra natalensis (Hiern) Melch.
* Alectra orobanchoides Benth. syn. A. parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
* Alectra parasitica A.Rich.
* Alectra picta (Hiern) Hemsl.
* Alectra pseudobarleriae (Dinter) Dinter
* Alectra pubescens Philcox
* Alectra pumila Benth.
* Alectra rigida (Hiern) Hemsl.
* Alectra schoenfelderi Dinter & Melch.
* Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
* Alectra stolzii Engl.
* Alectra thyrsoidea Melch.
* Alectra virgata Hemsl.
* Alectra vogelii Benth.

Alectra pedicularioides Baker from Madagascar was moved to Pseudomelasma pedicularioides (Baker) Eb.Fisch. in 1996.

