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Taxon: Orobanche minor Sm.

Genus: Orobanche section: Orobanche
Family: Orobanchaceae.
Nomen number: 401786
Place of publication: Engl. bot. 6: t. 422. 1797
Name verified on: 07-Apr-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Jan-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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 Invaders Database System

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
  • kleine Sommerwurz   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • erva-toura-menor   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • rabo de lobo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • 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]

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

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis. (F CostaR)
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
  • Fennane, M et al., eds. Flore pratique du Maroc. 1999- (F Prat Maroc)
  • Frost, C. C. & L. J. Musselman. 1980. Weed Sci. 28:119–122.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • 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. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413. (Weeds SAfr)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • 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.
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Check other databases 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401786 (09 February 2010)

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