Cuscuta americana

Cuscuta americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Solanales

Cuscuta americana L.

Heterotypic
- Cuscuta surinamensis Schill., Descr. Pl. Lepr.: 200 (1778).
- Cuscuta graveolens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 122 (1819).
- Dactylepis brownei Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838), nom. altern.
- Eronema robinsonii Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838).
- Nemepis brownei Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838).
- Nemepis prolifera Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838), nom. superfl.
- Cuscuta spectabilis Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 283 (1841 publ. 1842)[Cusc.: 187]
- Cuscuta leiolepis Miq., Linnaea 18: 247 (1844).
- Cuscuta congesta Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 138 (1845).
- Cuscuta campanulata Nutt. ex Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 482 (1859), pro syn.
- Cuscuta americana var. congesta (Benth.) Progel in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 376 (1871).
- Cuscuta americana var. spectabilis (Choisy) Progel in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 377 (1871).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - USA (Florida), Mexico (Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan)
Continental: Southern America
- - Peru, Surinam, Ecuador, Argentina (Jujuy), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Honduras, NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy), Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Tolima); Trinidad

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta americana. Published online. Accessed November 06 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta americana . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 06.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

English: American dodder
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