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The genus Striga is in the family Orobanchaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Striga

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Striga aequinoctialis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga alba Pennell	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga angolensis K.I.Mohamed & Musselman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga angustifolia (D. Don) C.J. Saldanha	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga aspera Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga barteri Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga barthlottii Eb.Fisch., Lobin & Mutke	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Striga baumannii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Striga brachycalyx Skan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga brouilletii Mielcarek	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga campuleia Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga canescens Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga chrysantha A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga coccinea Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga curviflora Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga dalzielii Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga diversifolia Pires de Lima	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga elegans Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga ellenbergeri A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga euphrasioides Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga eustriga Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga flava Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga forbesii Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga fulgens Hepper	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga gastonii A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga glabrata Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga glandulifera Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga glumacea A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga gracilhma Melch.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga hallei A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Striga hirsuta Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga junodii Schinz	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga klingii (Engl.) Skan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga latericea Vatke	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga ledermannii Pilg.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga lepidagathidis A.Raynal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga linearifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hepper	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga macrantha (Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga masuria (Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga micrantha A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga multiflora Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga orchidea Hochst.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga parviflora Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga parvula Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga passargei Engl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga petunioides Hutch.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga phoenicea Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga pinnatifida Getachew	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga primuloides A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga pubiflora Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Striga pusilla Hochst. ex Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga sansibarensis Vatke ex Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga schlechteri Pennell	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga somaliensis Skan	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga spanogheana Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga squamigera W.R.Barker	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga strictissima Skan	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga strigosa R.D.Good	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga sulphurea Dalzell & A.Gibson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga warneckei Engl. ex Skan	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga yemenica Musselman & Hepper	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga zangebarica Klotzsch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Striga zanzibarensis Vatke	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 98 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Striga. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Striga. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 98 species names for the genus Striga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	26.5%
◕	Synonym	23	23.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	49	50.0%

All names

The status of the 104 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Striga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	26.0%
◕	Synonym	27	26.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	50	48.1%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 98 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Striga, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	22	14	0	0	36	36.7%
	Low confidence	4	9	0	49	62	63.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Striga is as follows: