Taxon: Orobanche minor Sm.

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

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

OR*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• clover broomrape   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• common broomrape   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• lesser broomrape   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• small broomrape   (Source: Castanea 61:310.1996) – English
  
• bremraap   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• klawerbesemraap   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• petit orobanche   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Kleeteufel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Kleewürger   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• kleine Sommerwurz   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• erva-toura-menor   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• rabo de lobo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• klöversnyltrot   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  
• Weed: parasite   (on Trifolium spp., and other herbs fide F Eur; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (on Trifolium spp., and other herbs fide F Eur; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Orobanche minor from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Switzerland
  East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica
  Western South America: Colombia
  Southern South America: Chile

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).
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning.
• 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.
• Fennane, M. et al., eds. 1999–. Flore pratique du Maroc.
• Frost, C. C. & L. J. Musselman. 1980. Clover broomrape (Orobanche minor) in the United States. Weed Sci. 28:119–122.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413.
• 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.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Westbrooks, R. G. & R. E. Eplee. 1996. Regulatory exclusion of harmful non-indigenous plants from the United States by USDA-APHIS-PPQ. Castanea 61:310.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Orobanche minor.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Orobanche minor.

Synonyms:

• (=) Orobanche grisebachii Reut.
  
• (=) Orobanche minor var. grisebachii (Reut.) Hadidy
  
• (=) Orobanche palaestina Reut.
  

Check other web resources for Orobanche minor Sm.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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:

• 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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