Cuscuta sect. Oxycarpae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: Cuscuta subg. Grammica
Sectio: Cuscuta sect. Oxycarpae
Species: C. acadiana – C. cephalanthi – C. compacta – C. cuspidata – C. glomerata – C. gronovii – C. rostrata – C. saururi – C. squamata

Name

Cuscuta sect. Oxycarpae (Engelm. ex Yunck.) Costea & Stefanović, Syst. Bot. 40(1): 282. (2015)

• Type species: Cuscuta gronovii Willd., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 205. (1820)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cuscuta subsect. Oxycarpae Engelm. ex Yunck., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18(2): 172 (1932)
• Heterotypic
  • Cuscuta subsect. Cephalanthae Yunck., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club18: 123. (1932)
    • Type: Cuscuta cephalanthi Engelm.
  • Lepidanche Engelm., Amer. J. Sci. Arts 43: 343, (1842)
  • Cuscuta subsect. Lepidanche (Engelm.) Engelm, Trans. Acad. Sci.St. Louis 1(3): 509. (1859)
    • Type: Lepidanche compositarum Engelm. = Cuscuta glomerata Choisy

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. 

Additional references

• Costea, M., Wright, M.A.R., Glofcheskie, M., Genter, W. & Stefanović, S. 2023. Draining the Swamp Dodders: Systematics of Cuscuta gronovii s.l. (Subgenus Grammica, Sect. Oxycarpae). Systematic Botany 48(2): 325–345. DOI: 10.1600/036364423X16847773873206 Reference page. 

Links

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