Cuscuta approximata subsp. approximata

Cuscuta approximata subsp. 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

Name

Cuscuta approximata Bab. subsp. approximata autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cuscuta atlantica Trab., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(sess. extr.): 41 (1907).
  • Cuscuta atlantica var. subpapillosa Trab., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(sess. extr.): 42 (1907).
  • Cuscuta planiflora var. bullata Trab., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(sess. extr.): 40 (1907).
  • Cuscuta rhodesiana Yunck., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84: 429 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Albania, Corsica, France, Greece (incl. Kiklades), East Aegaean Isl., Switzerland, Spain, Baleares, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania, Crimea, C-& E-European Russia, Ukraine, Sardinia, Sicily, ?Sweden Continental: Asie Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran, S-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Israel (N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Baghlan, Farah, Ghazni, Ghorat, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Wardak, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Chitral, Kurram, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir, Dras, Ladakh), India, Algeria, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China (Xinjiang) Continental: Africa Egypt (Nile Delta), N-Tanzania, Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife), Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.) 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 subsp. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: alfalfa dodder