Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Striga (2)
Epithet: gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke (1)
gesnerioides => resembling a species of the genus Gesneria