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 Melasma calycinum Melasma melampyroides Melasma physalodes Melasma rhinanthoides Melasma scabrum Melasma strictum

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