Striga barthlottii (Orobanchaceae), a new parasitic species from Morocco

Eberhard Fischer; Wolfram Lobin; Jens Mutke

doi:10.3372/wi.41.41105

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9 June 2011 Striga barthlottii (Orobanchaceae), a new parasitic species from Morocco

Eberhard Fischer, Wolfram Lobin, Jens Mutke

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Willdenowia, 41(1):51-56 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.41.41105

Abstract

Striga barthlottii, a species of the broomrape family (Orobanchaceae) endemic to Morocco and parasitising exclusively on succulent Euphorbia species, is described as new to science and compared with the widespread, polymorphic S. gesnerioides, for which it was previously mistaken.

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Eberhard Fischer, Wolfram Lobin, and Jens Mutke "Striga barthlottii (Orobanchaceae), a new parasitic species from Morocco," Willdenowia 41(1), 51-56, (9 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.41.41105

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