Taxon: Orobanche cernua Loefl.

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

See also subordinate taxa:

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

Common names:

• wan guan lie dang   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• erva-toura   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

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

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  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; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Jilin, Nei Monggol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Czechoslovakia; Hungary
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Malta; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

References:

• Al-Rawi, A. 1985–. Flora of Kuwait. (F Kuwait)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
• Fennane, M et al., eds. Flore pratique du Maroc. 1999- (F Prat Maroc)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,. economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). (Kuwait Pl)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• 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. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Orobanche cernua.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Orobanche cernua. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

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

Check other databases for Orobanche cernua Loefl.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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