Cuscuta europaea

Cuscuta europaea

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

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: C. subg. Cuscuta
Species: Cuscuta europaea
Varietates: C. e. var. europaea – C. e. var. indica – C. e. var. nepalensis

Name

Cuscuta europaea L., Sp. Pl.: 124 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cuscuta filiformis Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 307 (1779), nom. superfl.
  • Cuscuta tetrandra Moench, Methodus: 461 (1794), nom. superfl.
  • Cuscuta vulgaris Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 289 (1805), nom. superfl.
  • Cuscuta urceolata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 238 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Cuscuta europaea var. legitima Aresch., Revis. Cuscut. Sueciae: 15 (1853), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Eurasia Temp. Eurasia to N. India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 124. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta europaea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 07.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta europaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 07.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta europaea. Published online. Accessed November 07 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta europaea . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 07.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta europaea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

العربية: حامول أوروبي
azərbaycanca: Avropa qızılsarmaşığı
български: Кукувича прежда
čeština: kokotice evropská
Cymraeg: Llindag mawr
Deutsch: Nessel-Seide
English: greater dodder, European dodder
eesti: Harilik võrm
فارسی: سس اروپایی
suomi: Euroopanvieras
français: Cuscute d'Europe, Grande cuscute
hrvatski: Europska vilina kosa
lietuvių: Paprastasis brantas
latviešu: Eiropas vija
Nederlands: Groot warkruid
norsk nynorsk: Neslesnikjetråd
norsk: Neslenyltetråd
polski: kanianka pospolita
русский: Повилика европейская
slovenčina: kukučina európska
shqip: Kuskuta evropiane
svenska: Nässelsnärja
தமிழ்: கஸ்குட்டா யூரோப்பியா
українська: Повитиця європейська
中文: 欧洲菟丝子

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