Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Scrophulariales (95)
Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Striga (2)
Epithet: gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke (1)
gesnerioides => resembling a species of the genus Gesneria