Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta
Cuscuta epithymum

Cuscuta epithymum var. alba (J.Presl & C.Presl) Trab.

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(sess. extr.): 37 (1907)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Medit. to Turkmenistan. It is a holoparasitic annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Baleares, France, Greece, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Turkmenistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
  • Trabut, L. (1907). Les Cuscutes du nord de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société de la France 53(sess. extr.): 34-43.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Butkov, A.Y. (1974). Cuscuta in Fl. USSR. Flora of the USSR 19: 30-57. Science Publishers, Inc. [Cited as Cuscuta alba Presl.]
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden. [Cited as Cuscuta epithymum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
  • 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:

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0