Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta
Cuscuta chinensis

Cuscuta chinensis var. chinensis

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. & NE. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia to N. & E. Australia. It is a holoparasitic annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Gulf States

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Madagascar, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Gulf States

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

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.
  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Butkov, A.Y. (1974). Cuscuta in Fl. USSR. Flora of the USSR 19: 30-57. Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (1883). Fl. Br. India Convolvulaceae. Flora of British India 4: 179-228 + 734.
  • Clarke, C.B. in Kanjilal, U.N., A. Das, P.C. Kanjilal, & R.E. De (eds.) (1939). Fl. Assam Convolvulaceae. Flora of Assam 3: 338-362+538. Govt. of Assam.
  • Costea, M., I. Spence, & S. Stefanovic (2011-09-23). Systematics of Cuscuta chinensis species complex (subgenus Grammica, Convolvulaceae): evidence for long-distance dispersal and one new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution Springer.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kitamura, S. in Kitamura, S. (1960). Fl. Afghanistan Convolvulaceae. Flora of Afghanistan 2: 309-313. Kyoto University.
  • Miller, A.G. & M. Morris in Miller, A.G. & M. Morris (2004). Ethnofl. Soqotra Archipel. Convolvulaceae + Cuscutaceae. Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago: 516-524. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  • Norton, J. et al. in Norton, J. et al. (2009). Illustr. Cklist. Fl. Qatar Convolvulaceae. An illustrated checklist of the Flora of Qatar: 32-34. UNESCO Office in Doha.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Staples, G. (2018). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 36: 1-406. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Yamazaki, T. (1993). Fl. Japan Convolvulaceae. Flora of Japan IIIa: 195-205. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1320] Cuscuta sulcata K001112735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1320] Burma Cuscuta sulcata K001112737 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1320] Cuscuta sulcata K001112738 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1320] Burma Cuscuta sulcata K001112736 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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/
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