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.

Species
Seven species are accepted.
 * 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.