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Striga hermonthica

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64404e825f6be608113231
Scientific name Striga hermonthica
Authority (Delile) Benth.
First published in Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 365 (1836)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Striga campuleia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 646 (1841)
Striga senegalensis Benth. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 363 (1836)
Buchnera hermonthica Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. : 245 (1813)
Striga hermonthica subsp. senegalensis (Benth.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 34: 138 (1943)

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Language Common/alternative name
English purple witchweed
Arabic عدر
Arabic نبات العدار
Bambara sɛgɛnin
dag wubilim
Chinese 赫蒙思独脚金

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001138081
USDA Plants STHE8
Tropicos 29203619
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810025-1
The Plant List tro-29203619
Open Tree Of Life 97338
NCBI Taxonomy 68872
IPNI 810025-1
iNaturalist 146990
GBIF 3171159
Freebase /m/0c3ytmh
EPPO STRHE
EOL 483846
USDA GRIN 102301
Wikipedia Striga_hermonthica

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_902706635.1 SHERM Scaffold UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD 2022-06-10 300 917.89 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Mechanistic Basis for Enhanced Strigolactone Sensitivity in KAI2 Triple Mutant Sobecks BL, Chen J, Dean TJ, Shukla D bioRxiv 18-Mar-2025
PMCID:PMC9882355
doi:10.1101/2023.01.18.524622
PMID:36712135
Farmers’ production constraints, preferred varietal traits and perceptions on sorghum grain mold in Senegal Diatta C, Klanvi Tovignan T, Sine B, Elohor Ifie B, Martin Faye J, Diatta-Holgate E, Anna Sylla F, Bodian S, Aidara O, Yirenkyi Danquah E, Kwame Offei S, Cisse N Heliyon 26-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11070805
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30221
PMID:38711662
Analysis of huanglongbing-associated RNA-seq data reveals disturbances in biological processes within Citrus spp. triggered by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection Li R, Wang X, Hu Y, Huang G Front Plant Sci 10-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11039969
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1388163
PMID:38660443
Comparative secretome analysis of Striga and Cuscuta species identifies candidate virulence factors for two evolutionarily independent parasitic plant lineages Bradley JM, Butlin RK, Scholes JD BMC Plant Biol 06-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10998327
doi:10.1186/s12870-024-04935-7
PMID:38582844
Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases Pfenning-Butterworth A, Buckley LB, Drake JM, Farner JE, Farrell MJ, Gehman AL, Mordecai EA, Stephens PR, Gittleman JL, Davies TJ Lancet Planet Health 01-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11090248
doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00021-4
PMID:38580428
The soil microbiome modulates the sorghum root metabolome and cellular traits with a concomitant reduction of Striga infection Kawa D, Thiombiano B, Shimels MZ, Taylor T, Walmsley A, Vahldick HE, Rybka D, Leite MF, Musa Z, Bucksch A, Dini-Andreote F, Schilder M, Chen AJ, Daksa J, Etalo DW, Tessema T, Kuramae EE, Raaijmakers JM, Bouwmeester H, Brady SM Cell Rep 26-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11063626
doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113971
PMID:38537644
Long-term push–pull cropping system shifts soil and maize-root microbiome diversity paving way to resilient farming system Jalloh AA, Khamis FM, Yusuf AA, Subramanian S, Mutyambai DM BMC Microbiol 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10946131
doi:10.1186/s12866-024-03238-z
PMID:38500045
Integrated Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Reveals That Cell Wall Activity Affects Phelipanche aegyptiaca Parasitism Chen M, Zhang L, Yao Z, Cao X, Ma Q, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhao S Plants (Basel) 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10974318
doi:10.3390/plants13060869
PMID:38592861
Characterization of adaptation mechanisms in sorghum using a multireference back-cross nested association mapping design and envirotyping Garin V, Diallo C, Tékété ML, Théra K, Guitton B, Dagno K, Diallo AG, Kouressy M, Leiser W, Rattunde F, Sissoko I, Touré A, Nébié B, Samaké M, Kholovà J, Berger A, Frouin J, Pot D, Vaksmann M, Weltzien E, Témé N, Rami JF Genetics 21-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10990433
doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae003
PMID:38381593
Cycloheximide in the nanomolar range inhibits seed germination of Orobanche minor Nogami R, Nagata M, Imada R, Kai K, Kawaguchi T, Tani S J Pestic Sci 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10912901
doi:10.1584/jpestics.D23-038
PMID:38450089
Modeling the effects of strigolactone levels on maize root system architecture Lucido A, Andrade F, Basallo O, Eleiwa A, Marin-Sanguino A, Vilaprinyo E, Sorribas A, Alves R Front Plant Sci 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10808495
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1329556
PMID:38273953
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan Muhakr MA, Ahmed IM, El hassan GO, Yagi S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10765873
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00646-9
PMID:38172804
Extracellular Self- and Non-Self DNA Involved in Damage Recognition in the Mistletoe Parasitism of Mesquite Trees López-García CM, Ávila-Hernández CA, Quintana-Rodríguez E, Aguilar-Hernández V, Lozoya-Pérez NE, Rojas-Raya MA, Molina-Torres J, Araujo-León JA, Brito-Argáez L, González-Sánchez AA, Ramírez-Chávez E, Orona-Tamayo D Int J Mol Sci 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778891
doi:10.3390/ijms25010457
PMID:38203628
Fertilization benefits the facultative parasitic plant Rhamphicarpa fistulosa while gains by the infected host Oryza sativa are marginalized Rodenburg J, Dümmer R, Ho YH, Bastiaans L Ann Bot 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC11005769
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad190
PMID:38092463
Candidate pathway association and genome‐wide association approaches reveal alternative genetic architectures of carotenoid content in cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Dowell JA, Mason C Appl Plant Sci 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10719882
doi:10.1002/aps3.11558
PMID:38106540

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