Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta
Cuscuta approximata

Cuscuta approximata var. urceolata Yunck.

First published in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 297 (1932)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Medit. to Central Asia and NW. India, Ethiopia to Arabian Peninsula. It is a holoparasitic annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Plitmann, U. in Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Cuscutaceae. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 222-237. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Yuncker, T.G. & Rechinger, K.H. (1964). Cuscutaceae for Flora Iranica. Flora Iranica 8: 1-16. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico. [Cited as Cuscuta approximata.]
  • Butkov, A.Y. (1974). Cuscuta in Fl. USSR. Flora of the USSR 19: 30-57. Science Publishers, Inc. [Cited as Cuscuta cupulata Engelm..]
  • 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 approximata.]
  • Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Cuscuta approximata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Yuncker, T.G. & Rechinger, K.H. (1964). Cuscutaceae for Flora Iranica. Flora Iranica 8: 1-16. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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

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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