Cuscuta approximata

Cuscuta approximata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: C. subg. Cuscuta
Species: Cuscuta approximata
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. approximata – C. a. subsp. episonchum – C. a. subsp. macranthera

Varietates: C. a. var. schiraziana – C. a. var. urceolata

Name

Cuscuta approximata Bab., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 253 (1844).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cuscuta planiflora var. approximata (Bab.) Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 465 (1859).
  • Cuscuta planiflora subsp. approximata (Bab.) H.Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 2: 122 (1932).
  • Cuscuta epithymum subsp. approximata (Bab.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 729 (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Cosmopolita Macaronesia, Medit. to SW. Siberia and Indo-China, Arabian Pen., Eritrea to Zambia, N. America, Caribbean References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Babington, C.C. 1844. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 13:253, t. 4, fig. 3. 1844

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta approximata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta approximata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta approximata. Published online. Accessed: November 06 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta approximata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta approximata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: alfalfa dodder

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