Cuscuta sect. Gracillimae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: Cuscuta subg. Grammica
Sectio: Cuscuta sect. Gracillimae
Species: C. gracillima – C. colombiana – C. deltoidea – C. insquamata – C. macvaughii – C. punana – C. sidarum – C. vandevenderi

Name

Cuscuta sect. Gracillimae Costea & Stefanović, Syst. Bot. 40(1): 281 (2015)

• Type species: Cuscuta gracillima Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 488 (1859)

References

Primary references

• Costea, M., García, M.Á. & Stefanović, S. 2015. A phylogenetically based infrageneric classification of the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae). Systematic Botany 40(1): 269–285. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X686567 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cuscuta sect. Gracillimae. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.