Taxon: Orobanche crenata Forssk.

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

Common names:

• bean broomrape   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• carnation-scent broomrape   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• halouk   (Source: F Egypt ) – Arabic
  
• prächtige Sommerwurz   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• praktsnyltrot   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: parasite   (on leguminous crop-plants, rarely on other herbs fide F Eur)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (on leguminous crop-plants, rarely on other herbs fide F Eur)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores; Spain - Canary Islands

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt.
• Carlón, L. et al. 2005–. Index of Orobanchaceae (on-line resource).
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• 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].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• 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.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Orobanche crenata.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Orobanche crenata.

Check other web resources for Orobanche crenata Forssk.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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