Striga hermonthica
TaxID: 68872
Basic Information
Striga hermonthica
Purple Witchweed, purple witchweed
Striga hermonthica, commonly known as purple witchweed or giant witchweed, is a hemiparasitic plant that belongs to the family Orobanchaceae. It is devastating to major crops such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and rice (Oryza sativa). In sub-Saharan Africa, apart from sorghum and rice, it also infests maize (Zea mays), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), and sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Striga hermonthica has undergone horizontal gene transfer from Sorghum to its nuclear genome. The S. hermonthica gene, ShContig9483, is most like a Sorghum bicolor gene, and additionally shows significant but lesser similarity to a gene from Oryza sativa. It shows no similarity to any known eudicot gene.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Streptophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Orobanchaceae
Striga
hermonthica
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Streptophyta;c__Magnoliopsida;o__Lamiales;f__Orobanchaceae;g__Striga;s__Striga hermonthica
Weeds
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (1 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Nicotiana tabacum | Host |
Quarantine Status (13 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Quarantine pest | 1994 |
| Cambodia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Guatemala | Absent | — |
| Indonesia | Absent | — |
| India | Quarantine pests | — |
| Iran | Absent | 2018 |
| Mexico | Quarantine pests | 2018 |
| Myanmar | Quarantine pests | — |
| Malaysia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Seychelles | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (40 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | Present | — |
| Burundi | Present | — |
| Benin | Present | — |
| Burkina Faso | Present | — |
| Central African Republic | Present | — |
| Cambodia | Present | — |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Present | — |
| Cameroon | Present | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Present | — |
| Egypt | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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