| Scientific Name | Alectra orobanchoides Benth. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | OROBANCHACEAE | Synonyms | Alectra heyniae (Dinter) Dinter, Alectra kirkii Hemsl., Alectra parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz, Celsia parvifolia Engl., Melasma orobanchoides (Benth.) Engl., Nigrina orobanchoides (Benth.) Kuntze, Orobanche heyniae Dinter, Orobanche parviflora E.Mey. ex Drège |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/10/03 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Alectra orobanchoides is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | This species is widespread across the eastern summer rainfall areas of South Africa, extending northwards to Ethiopia, the Arabian Peninsula and India. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Income Sandy Grassland, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Transkei Coastal Belt, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Aliwal North Dry Grassland, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Central Free State Grassland, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld | Description | It occurs in a wide variety of habitats, including open woodland, thicket, rocky hillsides, riverine scrub, valley-bottom grasslands as well as old lands. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Alectra orobanchoides Benth. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Morawetz, J.J. 2007. Systematics of Alectra (Orobanchaceae) and phylogenetic relationships among the tropical clade of Orobanchaceae. Unpublished Ph.D., Ohio State University, Ohio.
Philcox, D. 1990. Scrophulariaceae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 8 (Part 2):1-179. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Alectra orobanchoides Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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