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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cuscuta

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cuscuta

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Solanales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829. common name: Polemoniales       Familia  Cuscutaceae (Dumort.) Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20, 25. 1829, nom. cons. common name: Dodders       Subfamilia  Cuscutoideae Link pub. Handbuch 1: 594. Jan-Aug 1829.       Tribus  Cuscuteae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 50. 1827.       Genus  Cuscuta L. pub. (1753) common name: dodder

Named members of the Genus Cuscuta

1	Species  americana L. common name: American dodder
2	Species  applanata Engelm. common name: Gila River dodder
3	Species  approximata Bab.
	4    Varietas  urceolata (Kunze) Yuncker syn. Cuscuta approximata
5	Species  arvensis Bey. ex Engelm. syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
6	Species  attenuata Waterfall common name: tapertip dodder
7	Species  boldinghii Urban common name: Boldingh's dodder
8	Species  brachycalyx (Yuncker) Yuncker
	9    Varietas  apodanthera (Yuncker) Yuncker common name: San Joaquin dodder 10    Varietas  brachycalyx common name: San Joaquin dodder
11	Species  californica Hook. & Arn.
	12    Varietas  apiculata Engelm. common name: chaparral dodder 13    Varietas  breviflora Engelm. common name: chaparral dodder 14    Varietas  californica common name: chaparral dodder 15    Varietas  papillosa Yuncker common name: chaparral dodder
16	Species  campestris Yuncker syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
17	Species  cassytoides Nees ex Engelm. common name: African dodder
18	Species  ceanothi Behr common name: canyon dodder
19	Species  cephalanthi Engelm. common name: buttonbush dodder
20	Species  compacta Juss. ex Choisy
	21    Varietas  compacta common name: compact dodder 22    Varietas  efimbriata Yuncker common name: compact dodder
23	Species  coryli Engelm. common name: hazel dodder
24	Species  curta (Engelm.) Rydb. syn. Cuscuta megalocarpa
25	Species  cuspidata Engelm. common name: cusp dodder
26	Species  decipiens Yuncker common name: TransPecos dodder
27	Species  dentatasquamata Yuncker common name: los pinitos dodder
28	Species  denticulata Engelm.
	29    Varietas  denticulata common name: desert dodder 30    Varietas  vetchii (Brandeg.) T. Beliz common name: Vetch's dodder
31	Species  epilinum Weihe common name: flax dodder
32	Species  epithymum (L.) L. common name: hellweed, dodder, devil's guts
	33    Subspecies  approximata (Bab.) Rouy syn. Cuscuta approximata
34	Species  erosa Yuncker common name: Sonoran dodder
35	Species  europaea L. common name: greater dodder
36	Species  exaltata Engelm. common name: tall dodder
37	Species  fasciculata Yuncker common name: clustered dodder
38	Species  glabrior (Engelm.) Yuncker
	39    Varietas  pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pubescens
40	Species  glandulosa (Engelm.) Small syn. Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
41	Species  globulosa Benth. common name: West Indian dodder
42	Species  glomerata Choisy common name: rope dodder
43	Species  gronovii Willd. ex J.A. Schultes
	44    Varietas  calyptrata Engelm. common name: scaldweed 45    Varietas  curta Engelm. syn. Cuscuta megalocarpa 46    Varietas  gronovii common name: scaldweed 47    Varietas  latiflora Engelm. syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii 48    Varietas  saururi (Engelm.) MacM. syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
49	Species  harperi Small common name: Harper's dodder
50	Species  howelliana Rubtzoff common name: Boggs Lake dodder
51	Species  indecora Choisy
	52    Varietas  bifida Yuncker common name: bigseed alfalfa dodder 53    Varietas  indecora common name: bigseed alfalfa dodder 54    Varietas  longisepala Yuncker common name: bigseed dodder 55    Varietas  neuropetala (Engelm.) A.S. Hitchc. common name: bigseed dodder 56    Varietas  warneri (Yuncker) T. Beliz, comb. nov. ined. syn. Cuscuta warneri
57	Species  japonica Choisy common name: Japanese dodder
58	Species  jepsonii Yunker syn. Cuscuta indecora var. indecora
59	Species  leptantha Engelm. common name: slender dodder
60	Species  megalocarpa Rydb. common name: bigfruit dodder
61	Species  mitriformis Engelm. common name: Cochise dodder
62	Species  nevadensis I.M. Johnston syn. Cuscuta denticulata var. vetchii
63	Species  obtusiflora Kunth
	64    Varietas  glandulosa Engelm. common name: Peruvian dodder
65	Species  occidentalis Millsp. syn. Cuscuta californica var. breviflora
66	Species  odontolepis Engelm. common name: Santa Rita Mountain dodder
67	Species  pentagona Engelm.
	68    Varietas  calycina Engelm. syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona 69    Varietas  glabrior (Engelm.) Gandhi, Thomas & Hatch common name: bushclover dodder 70    Varietas  pentagona common name: fiveangled dodder 71    Varietas  pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker common name: bushclover dodder
72	Species  planiflora Ten. syn. Cuscuta approximata
73	Species  plattensis A. Nels. common name: prairie dodder
74	Species  polygonorum Engelm. common name: smartweed dodder
75	Species  potosina Schaffn.
	76    Varietas  globifera Yuncker common name: globe dodder
77	Species  reflexa Roxb. common name: giant dodder
78	Species  rostrata Shuttlw. ex Engelm. & Gray common name: beaked dodder
79	Species  runyonii Yuncker common name: Runyon's dodder
80	Species  salina Engelm.
	81    Varietas  major Yuncker common name: goldenthread 82    Varietas  papillata Yuncker common name: goldenthread 83    Varietas  salina common name: saltmarsh dodder
84	Species  sandwichiana Choisy
	85    Varietas  kailuana Yuncker syn. Cuscuta sandwichiana
86	Species  squamata Engelm. common name: scaleflower dodder
87	Species  suaveolens Ser. common name: fringed dodder
88	Species  subinclusa Dur. & Hilg. syn. Cuscuta ceanothi
89	Species  suksdorfii Yuncker
	90    Varietas  subpedicellata Yuncker common name: mountain dodder 91    Varietas  suksdorfii common name: mountain dodder
92	Species  tuberculata Brandeg. common name: tubercle dodder
93	Species  umbellata Kunth
	94    Varietas  reflexa (Coult.) Yuncker syn. Cuscuta umbellata
95	Species  umbrosa auct. non Bey. ex Hook. syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
96	Species  vetchii Brandeg. syn. Cuscuta denticulata var. vetchii
97	Species  vivipara T. Beliz, sp. nov. ined. common name: lovevine
98	Species  warneri Yuncker common name: Warner's dodder

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.