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Orobanche L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 632 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000027206.

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Synonyms of Orobanche

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aphyllon Mitch. Diss. Bot. Zool. : 43 (1769) wfo-4000002652
Boulardia F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allemagne : 103 (1847) wfo-4000005127
Catodiacrum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 369 (1867) wfo-4000007020
Ceratocalyx Coss. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 9: 145 (1848) wfo-4000007338
Gymnocaulis (Nutt.) Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia ser. 2. 1: 180. wfo-4000016456
Kopsia Dumort. Comment. Bot. : 16 (1822) wfo-4000020171
Loxanthes Raf. Neogenyton : 3 (1825) wfo-4000022329
Myzorrhiza Phil. Linnaea 29: 36 (1858) wfo-4000025251
Necranthus Gilli Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 297 (1968) wfo-4000025463
Phelipaea Tourn. ex Desf. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 10: 298, t. 21. 1807 wfo-4000029172
Phelipanche Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 102 (1874) wfo-4000029173
Platypholis Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg , sér. 3, 31: 88 (1886) wfo-4000030139
Thalesia Raf. ex Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 298 (1894) wfo-4000038048
Chorobanche C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845) wfo-4000044860
Orobanchella Piwow., M.Nobis & Madeja Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 806 (2014) wfo-4100001103

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Orobanche:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche aethiopica Beck Biblioth. Bot. 4(19): 258. 1890 wfo-1000062466
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche amoena f. dzejveri Beck Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18(30): 35 (1922) wfo-1200107394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche amoena f. regeliana Beck Biblioth. Bot. 4: 149 (1890) wfo-1200107397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche amoena var. dzejveri (Beck) Uhlich & Rätzel Nordic J. Bot. 2024(6)-e04155: 208 (2024) wfo-1200107450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche amoena var. regeliana (Beck) Uhlich & Rätzel Nordic J. Bot. 2024(6)-e04155: [4 of 26] (2024) wfo-1200107456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche andryalae Thorogood, Hern.González, Rumsey & Reyes-Bet. PhytoKeys 252: 278 (2025) wfo-1000078447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche arbuti Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 406, nomen. 1922 [1921 publ. 1922] wfo-0001354845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche atropurpurea H.Gay Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 10: 718 (1892) wfo-0000388471
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche barbata Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 7: 31 (excl. syn.) t. 208. 1829 wfo-0000388447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche biflora Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 21 (1790) wfo-1200039077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche californica var. californica – – — wfo-0001089228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche camptolepis f. sideana (Gilli) Rätzel & Uhlich Nordic J. Bot. 2024(6)-e04155: [8 of 26] (2024) wfo-1200107399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche cernua Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 258 (1829) wfo-1200023599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche cernua f. australiana (F.Muell.) Mannagetta Die Gattung Orobanche 1890 wfo-0001327309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche cernua subsp. rajahmundrica Teryokhin Weed Broomrapes 15 (1997), without type. wfo-0001369235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche citrina Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 3: 558. 1881 [prob. Jul 1881] wfo-0000388562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche coerulescens f. arenaria (Serg.) Uhlich & Rätzel Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 53: 95. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1200040842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche coerulescens f. multidentata (Beck) Uhlich & Rätzel Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 53: 98. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1200040843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche coerulescens subf. multidentata Beck Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4,261(96): 121. 1930 wfo-1200040767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche coerulescens var. arenaria Serg. Fl. Zapadnoi Sibiri 10: 2540. 1939 wfo-1200040765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche coerulescens var. nipponica (Makino) Uhlich & Rätzel Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 53: 98. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1200040766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche comosa Spruner ex Reut. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 36. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] wfo-0000388542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche crenata Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 254 (1829) wfo-1200023600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche dagestanica Ó.Sánchez, Piwow., Fateryga, Svirin & Murtaz. Phytotaxa 653(1): 68 2024 wfo-1000065803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche dominae El Mokni Medit. Bot. 44-e80515: 2 2023 wfo-1000055733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche doriae (Emb. & Maire) Ó.Sánchez & Piwow. Phytotaxa 604(1): 79 2023 wfo-1000050857
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche dubia E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 10: 212. 1903 wfo-0000388498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche emarginata Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 98. wfo-0000387800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche fasciculata f. fasciculata – – — wfo-0001089231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche fragrans Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 440 (1817) wfo-0000387824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche fyfiana Lem. Ill. Hort. 3: sub t. 81 1856 — wfo-0001273577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche graciosa Beck Pflanzenr. (Engler) Orobanchac. 112. 1930 [9 Sep 1930] wfo-0000387743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche grayana var. grayana – – — wfo-0001089225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche grenieri Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 3: 562. 1881 [prob. Jul 1881] wfo-0000387737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche habrocaulon Beck Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. ii (1887) 147. wfo-0000387780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche hians Boiss. & A.Huet Exsicc. (Pl. Orient.) 1853: [s.p.] (1853) — wfo-1000081772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche hirta Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 21 (1790) wfo-1200039064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche hypopitys (L.) Hill Hort. Kew. : 228 (1768) wfo-0000387891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche interjecta Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 98. wfo-0000387881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche kopsiopsis Beck – wfo-0001351279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche latisquamosa Batt. Batt. & Trab. Fl. de l'Alger. [Dicot.] (1889) 659. wfo-0000387903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche lorica Rchb. – — wfo-0001089205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche lutea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 231 (1841) wfo-1200039070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche lutea var. hians (Steven) Rätzel & Uhlich Nordic J. Bot. 2024(6)-e04155: [14 of 26] (2024) wfo-1200107401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche malloantha Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 98. wfo-0000387865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche monanthera Vell. Fl. Flumin. 256. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 6: t. 66 (Hypocyrtae sp. ?). 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831] wfo-0000387592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche nepetae M.Porto & A.Pujadas Acta Bot. Malac. 48: 94 2023 wfo-1000062421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche obtusata Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 440 (1817) wfo-0000387629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche pedunculata Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 258 (1829) wfo-1000048752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche petraea Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 257 (1829) wfo-0000387547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche phelipaea Wallr. ex Reut. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 38. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] wfo-0000387545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche picridis-hieracioidis F.W.Schultz Bot. Lit.-Blätt. 5: 500 (1830) wfo-0000387539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche polyclonos Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 88. wfo-0000387532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche proboscistyla Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 89. wfo-0000387578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche promuntarii Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 97. wfo-0000387576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche pumila Graaf ex Reut. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 29; Koch & Noe, in Reichb. f. Ic. Fl. Germ. xx. 104. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] wfo-0000387564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche purpurea var. hirsuta Beck Biblioth. Bot. 4: 126 (1890) wfo-1200107403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche pycnostachya var. filicicola (Nakai ex Hyun, Y.S.Lim & H.C.Shin) Rätzel & Uhlich Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 53: 93. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1200040764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche racemosa Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 258 (1829) wfo-0001272995
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche radicans Poir. Encycl., Suppl. 4: 203 1816 — wfo-0001272989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche rectiflora Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 108. wfo-0000387697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche reverchonii Lange ex Willk. Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 187. 1893 [Dec 1893] wfo-0000387691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche salviae F.W.Schultz Botanische Literatur-Blätter zur periodischen Darstellung der Fortschritte der Pflanzenkunde in steter Beziehung zur gesammten Naturkunde, (-) 5:505 (1830) — wfo-1000080628
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche sect. Arcuatae (Teryokhin) Ó.Sánchez & Piwow. Phytotaxa 604(1): 44 2023 wfo-1200059447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche sicula Spenn. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 463 (1844) wfo-1000048762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche sideritis Porta Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. xi. 268 (1879), in obs. wfo-0000387643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche sinaica Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 97. wfo-0000387642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche stans Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 21 (1790) wfo-0000387673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche stenosiphon Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 96. wfo-0000387675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche subg. Gamosepalae (Teryokhin) Ó.Sánchez & Piwow. Phytotaxa 604(1): 43 2023 wfo-1200059446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche subverticillata F.W.Schultz Flora 26: 128 (1843) wfo-0000387659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche thymi-vulgaris F.W.Schultz Bot. Lit.-Blatt. 5: 500. 1830 wfo-0000388064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche trinacria Beck in Luerss. Bibl. Bot. Heft xix. (1890) 102. wfo-0000388047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche trotzkii Wagner ex Claus Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 8: 64 (1851) wfo-0000388046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche tubulosa Hoehne () wfo-0001350019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche tubulosa f. inundata Beck Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 96] 4, Fam. 261: 49. 1930 wfo-0001324043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche tulbaghensis Eckl. & Zeyh. ex C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845) wfo-0000388038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche ulicis Haens. ex Willk. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 313. 1846 [1 May 1846] wfo-0000388085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche viridis Hazsl. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Vereins Wien 2(Abh.): 3 (1852) wfo-0000388069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Orobanche woronowii Beck Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 39, in syn. 1922 wfo-0000388021