521.0000
Family
Orobanchaceae Vent.; Tabl. Regn. Vég. 2: 292 (1799), nom. cons.
95 genera, ca. 2150 spp. Phylogeny: McNeal et al. 2013, Pinto-Carrasco et al. 2017, Nickrent (2020)
Species listed in database: 2203; hybrids: 77
= Aeginetiaceae Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 153 (1927)
= Buchneraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
= Cyclocheilaceae Marais; Kew Bull. 35: 805 (1981)
= Euphrasiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 239 (1820)
= Lindenbergiaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xlix (2001)
= Melampyraceae Rich. ex Hook. & Lindl.; Hook., Fl. Scot. 2: 213 (1821)
= Nesogenaceae Marais; Kew Bull. 35: 798 (1981)
= Pedicularidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 99 (1789)
= Phelypaeaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 73 (1834)
= Rhinanthaceae Vent.; Tabl. Regn. Vég. 2: 295 (1799)
521.0964
Genus
Christisonia Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 153 (1847)
Distribution: mostly India, Sri Lanka, few SW-China, Indochina, Malesia
Species listed in database: 24
= Cliffordia Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 156 (1927)
= Legocia Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 157 (1927)
= Oligopholis Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1422 (1849)
species :
Christisonia albida
Thwaites ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 323 (1876)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Campbellia albida Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 967 (1876)
species :
Christisonia bicolor
Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 160 (1847)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Chordia bicolor Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 157 (1927)
= Christisonia aurantiaca Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1486 (1849)
= Christisonia bicolor f. aurantiaca Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1486 (1849)
= Christisonia bicolor f. pallidiflora Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 322 (1884)
= Christisonia bicolor var. pallidiflora Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 222 (1860)
= Christisonia bicolor var. spectabilis Gardner; J. Bot. 23: 241 (1885)
= Christisonia pallida Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 159 (1847)
= Christisonia unicolor Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 161 (1847)
= Cliffordia aurantiaca (Wight) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 157 (1927)
= Cliffordia bicolor (Gardner) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 157 (1927)
= Cliffordia spectabilis Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10(2): 157 (1927)
= Cliffordia unicolor (Gardner) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 157 (1927)
species :
Christisonia calcarata
Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1426 (1849)
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind); India (Maharashtra); Sri Lanka
40 IND PAK SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Campbellia lawii (Wight) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 967 (1876)
= Christisonia lawii Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1427 (1849)
= Christisonia stocksii Hook.; Icon. Pl., t. 836 (1851)
species :
Christisonia dentosa
J.D.Ya, Gui L.Zhang & W.B.Yu; Syst. Bot. 49(1): 75 (2024)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Christisonia flammea
Sedgw.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 2: 123 (1921)
Distribution: India (Karnataka)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia flavirubens
J.Mathew & P.M.Salim; Biodivers. Res. Conservation 68: 1 (2022)
Distribution: S-India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia hekouensis
Gui L.Zhang, J.D.Ya & W.B.Yu; Syst. Bot. 49(1): 75 (2024)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Christisonia hookeri
C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4(11): 321-322 (1884)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan); India (Meghalaya, Sikkim); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Christisonia sinensis Beck; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.261, Heft 96 (Orobanch.): 314 (1930)
= Gleadovia lepoense Hu; Sunyatsenia 4(1-2): 6-7, t. 3 (1939)
species :
Christisonia indica
Anil Kumar; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30: 285 (2006)
Distribution: S-India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia keralensis
Erady; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 64: 10 (1967)
Distribution: S-India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia kwangtungensis
(Hu) G.D.Tang, J.F.Liu & W.B.Yu; Syst. Bot. 44(1): 79 (2019)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Gleadovia kwangtungense Hu; Sunyatsenia 4(1-2): 7-9, f. 1 (1939)
species :
Christisonia legocia
Beck; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.261, Heft 96 (Orobanch.): 317 (1930)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Campbellia aurantiaca Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1424 (1849)
= Legocia aurantiaca (Wight) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 158 (1927)
species :
Christisonia mira
J.Mathew; Telopea 18: 425 (2015)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia rarissima
A.Rajendran & Kanivalan; Nordic J. Bot. 2022(10)-e03686: 2 (2022)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia rodgeri
W.W.Sm. & Banerji; Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 30 (1914)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia rodgeri (J.J.Sm. & Banerji) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 156 (1927)
species :
Christisonia saulierei
Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 30 (1914)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia saulierei (Dunn) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 155 (1927)
species :
Christisonia scortechinii
Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 73: 205 (1904)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Selangor)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia scortechinii, Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 156 (1927)
species :
Christisonia siamensis
Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 1914. 129 (1914)
Distribution: India (Nagaland); Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
40 IND 41 MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia siamensis (Craib) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 155 (1927)
species :
Christisonia subacaulis
(Benth.) Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 162 (1847)
Distribution: India (Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (South Andamans)
40 IND SRL 41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia subacaulis (Gardner) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 155 (1927)
= Orobanche subacaulis Benth. ex Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 208 (1852), nom. inval.
= Phelypaea subacaulis Benth.; Scroph. Ind. 55 (1835)
species :
Christisonia thwaitesii
Trimen; J. Bot. 23: 240 (1885)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Christisonia tomentosa
J.Mathew & Kad.V.George; Webbia 70(2): 227 (2015)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Christisonia tricolor
Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 156 (1847)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Christisonia grandiflora Gardner; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 155 (1847)
= Christisonia tricolor var. grandiflora (Gardner) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 323 (1884)
species :
Christisonia tubulosa
(Wight) Benth. ex Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 982 (1876) & Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 321 (1884)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Oligopholis tubulosa Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1422 (1849)
species :
Christisonia wightii
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2793 (1915)
Distribution: Philippines (Negros)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Aeginetia wightii (Elmer) Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 156 (1927)
