Cuscuta megalocarpa Rydb.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Costea, M. in Costea, Mihai (2011-Sept-30). Cuscuta names missing. personal communication (email) 30 Sept. 2011: "Cuscuta names missing". [Cited as Cuscuta umbrosa.]
• Scoggan, H.J. in Scoggan, H.J. (1979). Convolvulaceae. The Flora of Canada 4: 1253-1257. National Museum of Natural Sciences. [Cited as Cuscuta umbrosa.]
• Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden. [Cited as Cuscuta curta.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

• Cronquist, A. et al. in Cronquist, A., et al. (1984). Convolvulaceae. Intermountain Flora, vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A. 4: 74-84. New York Botanical garden. [Cited as Cuscuta megalocarpa.]
• Fernald & Rollins in Fernald, M.L. with R. C. Rollins (1950). Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th edition: 1177-1185. Dioscorides Press. [Cited as Cuscuta megalocarpa.]
• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cuscuta megalocarpa.]
• Kartesz, J.T. in Kartesz, J.T. (1994). Convolvulaceae, Cuscutaceae. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland 1: 217-221-& 227-228. Timber Press. [Cited as Cuscuta megalocarpa Rydb..]
• Martin, W.C. & C.R. Hutchins in Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins (1981). Convolvulaceae. A flora of New Mexico 2: 1546-1569. [Cited as Cuscuta megalocarpa.]

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