Striga angustifolia(D.Don) C.J.Saldanha

WFO wfo-0001139084 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Striga angustifolia, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-07 / obs. 156246817
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Ramesh Shenai Jr.
fig. b Ramesh Shenai Jr., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100111570
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162896604
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Aravinth
fig. d Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190583406
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Swarochi Tathagath
fig. e Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158355512
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Ramesh Shenai Jr.
fig. f Ramesh Shenai Jr., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150453684
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Aravinth
fig. g Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60428119
Striga angustifolia, photographed by Aravinth
fig. h Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59598015

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Striga angustifolia is native: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Oman, Taiwan, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam MalawiMozambiqueTanzaniaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanOmanTaiwanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Striga angustifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
Cocos (Keeling) Is. CKI
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI
Yemen YEM
Malawi MLW AFRICA
Mozambique MOZ
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Not drawn on the map: Cocos (Keeling) Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Buchnera angustifolia D.Don
  • Buchnera bifida Buch.-Ham.
  • Buchnera denticulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Buchnera euphrasioides Vahl
  • Buchnera hirsuta Wall.
  • Striga euphrasioides (Vahl) Benth.
  • Striga glabrata Benth.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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