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June 2025

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genus

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.

Statistics

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link