Taxon: Orobanche cernua Loefl.

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A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS (as Orobanche spp.).

See also subordinate taxa:

• Orobanche cernua var. cernua (no accessions)
• Orobanche cernua var. hansii (no accessions)
• Orobanche cernua var. nepalensis (no accessions)

Common names:

• Australian broomrape   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• wan guan lie dang   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: parasite   (on Artemisia spp. & Helianthus annuus fide F Eur; Atlas WWeed)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F Eur; Atlas WWeed)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan [n.e.]
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Arabia; Kuwait
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China - Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Hungary
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Malta; Romania; Serbia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Slovakia

References:

• Al-Rawi, A. 1985–. Flora of Kuwait.
• Carlón, L. et al. 2005–. Index of Orobanchaceae (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Fennane, M. et al., eds. 1999–. Flore pratique du Maroc.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,. economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2).
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Pujadas Salvà, A. J. & L. Velasco. 2000. Comparative studies on Orobanche cernua L. and O. cumana Wallr. (Orobanchaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 134:513–527.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Schneeweiss, G. M. 2011. Review of Orobanchaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Orobanche cernua.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Orobanche cernua.

Synonyms:

• Cistanche feddeana K. S. Hao [= Orobanche cernua var. hansii]
  
• Orobanche hansii A. Kern. [≡ Orobanche cernua var. hansii]
  

Check other web resources for Orobanche cernua Loefl.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• 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.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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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