Melasma (plant)

Melasma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. It includes seven species of herbaceous perennial plants native to the tropical Americas and sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from northeastern Mexico to northeastern Argentina and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania to South Africa.^[1]

Melasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Melasma P.J.Bergius (1767)
Species[1]
7; see text
Synonyms[1]
Gastromeria D.Don (1830) Lyncea Schltdl. & Cham. (1830) Nigrina L. (1767) Velvitsia Hiern (1896) Eutheta Standl. (1931) Glossostylis Cham. & Schltdl. (1828)

Species

Seven species are accepted.^[1]

• Melasma brevipedicellatum Lisowski & Mielcarek
• Melasma calycinum (Hiern) Hemsl.
• Melasma melampyroides (Rich.) Pennell ex Britton & P.Wilson
• Melasma physalodes (D.Don) Melch.
• Melasma rhinanthoides (Cham.) Benth.
• Melasma scabrum P.J.Bergius
• Melasma strictum (Benth.) Hassl.