Cuscuta L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 124 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Lesotho, Line Is., Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tuamotu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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  • Austin, D.F. (1975). Convolvulaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 62: 157-224.
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  • Austin, D.F. in Lasser, T. (1982). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Venezuela 8(3): 15-226. Fundación Educación Ambiental.
  • 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.
  • Baker, J.G. & C.H. Wright in Thiselton Dyer, W.T. et al. (eds.) (1904). Convolvulaceae. Flora Capensis 4(2): 45-87.
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Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Verdcourt in E. Afr. Agric. Journ. 18: 85 (1952).
  • Yuncker in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 2 (1932)
  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 202

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen Pl. ed. 5: 60 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 124 (1753).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 202 (1906)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5 : 60 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. : 124 (1753)
  • Verdc. in E. Afr. Agr. Journ. 18 : 85 (1953)
  • Yuncker in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 18 : 121 (1932)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Garcia Ruiz, I. [8290] Mexico K000543919 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Moraes, J.C. [2046] Brazil K000945720 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [6682] Brazil K000945719 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Stannard, B.L.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R.F. [H51588] Brazil K000945721 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Simão-Bianchini, R. [1241] Brazil K000945722 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Jorgensen, P. [3478] Paraguay K000945707 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Harley, R.M.; Barroso, G.M. [11409] Brazil K000945715 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hatschbach, G.G.; Haas, J.H.; Lindeman, J.C. [13277] Brazil K000945708 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Usteri, P.A. [138] Brazil K000945718 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hinton, G.B. [9423] Mexico K000465454 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L. [40860] Brazil K000945705 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hinton, G.B. [2814] Mexico K000465452 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Spruce, R. [5017] K000202500 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Spruce, R. [5017] K000395011 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Spruce, R. [5017] K000202499 Yes
Jan 1, 1957 Woolston, A.L.; Burhart, A.E. [797] Paraguay K000945706 Yes
Jan 22, 1949 Schweinfurth, G. [964] Sudan K000426041 Type Yes
Oct 10, 1925 Griffith, W. [1031] Afghanistan K000852509 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carrasco, M.A.; Cirujano, S.; Velayos, M. [s.n.] Morocco K001935377 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20334] Mexico K001930687 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20334] Mexico K001930685 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20334] Mexico K001930686 Yes
s. coll. [s.n.] Malawi K001788413 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4081] Sierra Leone K:SPC-16676.000 No
Drège [8037] South Africa K000426029 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000426013 Type Yes
Stannard, B.; Harley, R.M. [24209] Brazil K:SPC-60225.000 No
K:SPC-33254.000 No
Styles, B.T. [348] Uganda K:SPC-25694.034 No
Perry, R. [2] Christmas Island K:SPC-40120.000 No
Harley, R.M.; et al. Brazil K:SPC-60194.000 No
Khan, A.G. [1] Pakistan K:SPC-32423.000 No
K:SPC-16379.000 No
Stannard, B. [1748] Brazil K:SPC-63266.000 No
K:SPC-16677.000 No
Ecklon [460] South Africa K000426014 Unknown Type Material Yes
Day, C.D. [575] Türkiye K000341702 Yes
Schimper [1486] Ethiopia K000426039 Type Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14059] Kenya K:SPC-09893.000 No
Coode, M. [4654] Mauritius K:SPC-35405.000 No
Beechy [s.n.] Mexico K000195999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coode, M. [3988] Reunion K:SPC-34271.000 No
Drummond, R.B. United Kingdom K:SPC-16678.000 No
Khan, A.G. [3] Pakistan K:SPC-32415.000 No
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [6528] Brazil K000945716 Yes
K:SPC-70000.263 No
K:SPC-16679.000 No
Macedo, A. [4365] Brazil K000945717 Yes
Brazil K:SPC-38524.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1318] Nepal K001112730 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège [7833] South Africa K000426024 Type Yes
Zeyher [1235] South Africa K000426012 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1930] Morocco K000564886 Yes
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000426011 Type Yes
Mexico K000196000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1321] Burma K001112739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M. [21452] Brazil K:SPC-72707.000 No
Drège [7833] South Africa K000426025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Falconer, H. [s.n.] K000852577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Paraguay K:SPC-38642.000 No
Bolivia K:SPC-44848.000 No
K:SPC-16680.000 No
Rehmann, A. [5884] South Africa K000426030 Unknown Type Material Yes

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