Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta

Cuscuta scandens Brot.

First published in Fl. Lusit. 1: 208 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Europe to Medit., Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Himalaya to Korea. It is a holoparasitic annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Austria

Native to:

Albania, Baleares, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Corse, East Himalaya, France, Greece, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain in Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Convolvulaceae. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 331-351. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la ville de Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., & Long, G. (1986). Med-checklist 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae - Labiatae) 3: 1-395. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Ville de Genève.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Lee, Yong No in Lee, Yong No (2002). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Korea 1: 652-656. Kyo-Hak Publ. Co., Ltd.
  • Mill, R.R. (1999). Fl. Bhutan Cuscutaceae. Flora of Bhutan 2(2): 862-865. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden. [Cited as Cuscuta monogyna Vahl.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baker, J.G. & A.B. Rendle in Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. et al. (eds.) (1905). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 62-206. Secretary of State for the Colonies.
  • Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain in Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Convolvulaceae. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 331-351. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la ville de Genève.
  • Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., & Long, G. (1986). Med-checklist 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae - Labiatae) 3: 1-395. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Ville de Genève.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Lee, Yong No in Lee, Yong No (2002). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Korea 1: 652-656. Kyo-Hak Publ. Co., Ltd.
  • Mill, R.R. (1999). Fl. Bhutan Cuscutaceae. Flora of Bhutan 2(2): 862-865. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Valentine, D.H. et al. in Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Convolvulaceae. Flora Europaea 3: 74-83. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0