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Alectra sessiliflora

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID64404e81ac77b366171319
Scientific name Alectra sessiliflora
Authority (Vahl) Kuntze
First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 458 (1891)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melasma thomsonii (Hook.f.) Wettst. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 91 (1891)
Melasma sessiliflorum (Vahl) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 767 (1898)
Melasma asperrimum (Benth.) Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 358 (1895)
Melasma barbatum Hiern Fl. Cap. 4(2): 374 (1904)
Melasma dentatum (Benth.) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 394 (1898)
Melasma cordatum (Benth.) Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 358 (1895)
Melasma commune (Hemsl.) Eyles Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 473 (1916)
Rhinanthus scaber Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 98 (1800)
Starbia madagascariensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 632.
Alectra aberdarica Chiov. Racc. Bot. : 90 (1935)
Alectra arabica Deflers Voy. Yemen : 179 (1889)
Alectra asperrima Benth. Prodr. 10: 340 (1846)
Alectra barbata (Hiern) Melch. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 125 (1940)
Alectra communis Hemsl. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 372 (1906)
Alectra congolensis Troupin Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 277 (1949)
Alectra cordata Benth. Prodr. 10: 339 (1846)
Alectra hundtii Melch. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 436 (1941)
Alectra ibityensis Eb.Fisch. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 18: 56 (1996)
Alectra ledermannii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 612 (1922)
Alectra moeroensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 613 (1922)
Alectra schliebenii Melch. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 441 (1941)
Alectra senegalensis Benth. Prodr. 10: 339 (1846)
Alectra sessiliflora var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 126 (1940)
Alectra thomsonii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 297 (1884)
Alectra trinervis Hemsl. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 370 (1906)
Bartsia scabra (Thunb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 773 (1825)
Gerardia sessiliflora Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 79 (1794)
Hymenospermum dentatum Benth. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3963. 1831
Melasma indicum var. monticolum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 402 (1901)
Nigrina sessiflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 237 1898
Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens Bonati ex Melch. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 439 1941
Nigrina melampyrodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 237 (1898)
Alectra melampyroides Benth. Prodr. 10: 339 (1846)
Alectra rupestris Bonati Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 96 (1927)
Alectra sessiliflora f. barbata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 375 (1986)
Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper Kew Bull. 14: 405 (1960)
Nigrina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 237 (1898)
Glossostylis cordata (Benth.) Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 116 (1850)
Alectra senegalensis var. minima A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 475 (1920)
Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens Bonati Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 96 (1927)
Melasma indicum var. monticola Engl.

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Chinese 黑蒴

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
    • Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • Nepal
    • Indo-China
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001138068
Tropicos 29203556
INPN 705797
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:798794-1
The Plant List tro-29203556
Open Tree Of Life 651149
Observations.org 492686
NCBI Taxonomy 46040
IPNI 798794-1
iNaturalist 579541
GBIF 7331592
Elurikkus 589672
USDA GRIN 450470

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Scientific Literature Top

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A survey on the potential contribution of Reunion Island dye plant species diversity to the market demand for bioactive plant-based dyes and pigments Andriamanantena M, Pithon S, Dijoux M, Hoareau M, Fontaine C, Ferrard J, Lavergne C, Petit T, Caro Y J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10039506
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00580-w
PMID:36964580
Editorial: Plant microbiome: Diversity, functions, and applications Dastogeer KM, Kao-Kniffin J, Okazaki S Front Microbiol 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9549354
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1039212
PMID:36225380
The Antibacterial, Antitumor Activities, and Bioactive Constituents’ Identification of Alectra sessiliflora Bacterial Endophytes Maela MP, van der Walt H, Serepa-Dlamini MH Front Microbiol 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294510
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.870821
PMID:35865925
A Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants of Kenya used in the Management of Bacterial Infections Odongo EA, Mutai PC, Amugune BK, Mungai NN Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 24-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8970882
doi:10.1155/2022/9089360
PMID:35368751
African Plant-Based Natural Products with Antivirulence Activities to the Rescue of Antibiotics Mahavy CE, Duez P, ElJaziri M, Rasamiravaka T Antibiotics (Basel) 19-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7699609
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9110830
PMID:33228261
AN ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN VILLAGES UNDER JONGILANGA TRIBAL COUNCIL, MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA Tshikalange TE, Mophuting BC, Mahore J, Winterboer S, Lall N Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 29-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5412206
doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v13i6.13
PMID:28480364
Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human and livestock ailments by traditional healers in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia Tolossa K, Debela E, Athanasiadou S, Tolera A, Ganga G, Houdijk JG J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3679849
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-32
PMID:23680260
Traditional Management of Tuberculosis in Ogun State of Nigeria: The Practice and Ethnobotanical Survey Ogbole OO, Ajaiyeoba EO Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 15-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC3005385
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v7i1.57270
PMID:21304616
Rate variation in parasitic plants: correlated and uncorrelated patterns among plastid genes of different function Young ND, dePamphilis CW BMC Evol Biol 15-Feb-2005
PMCID:PMC554776
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-16
PMID:15713237

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