Taxon: Orobanche cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Cooper's broomrape   (Source: Calif Weeds ) – English
  
• desert broomrape   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• spike broomrape   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: parasite   (fide AOSA Hb 25)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Sonora

References:

• Calif. Dept. of Food & Agriculture
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. [= O. ludoviciana var. cooperi].
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Orobanche cooperi.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Orobanche cooperi.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Orobanche cooperi.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aphyllon cooperi A. Gray (basionym)
  
• (≡) Myzorrhiza cooperi (A. Gray) Rydb.
  
• (≡) Orobanche ludoviciana var. cooperi (A. Gray) Beck
  
• (=) Orobanche ludoviciana var. latiloba Munz
  

Check other web resources for Orobanche cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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