Cassytha filiformis

Cassytha filiformis
Cassytha filiformis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Laurales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cassytheae
Genus: Cassytha
Species: Cassytha filiformis

Name

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Cassytha filiformis L., 1753

Synonyms

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  • Calodium cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 247 (1790)
  • Cassytha americana Nees, Syst. Laurin. 644 (1836)
  • Cassytha americana var. puberula Meisn., DC., Prodr. 15(1): 256 (1864)
  • Cassytha aphylla (Forssk.) Raeusch., Nom. ed. III. 116 (1797)
  • Cassytha archboldiana C.K.Allen, Journ. Arn. Arb. 23: 155 (1942)
  • Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees, Syst. Laurin. 648 (1836)
  • Cassytha cuscutiformis F.Muell. ex Meisn., DC., Prodr. 15: 255 (1864), nom. inval.
  • Cassytha dissitiflora Meisn., Kioeb. Vidensk. Meddel 145 (1870)
  • Cassytha filiformis f. pycnantha Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89(4): 680 (1930), in obs.
  • Cassytha filiformis var. pseudopubescens Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89(4): 680 (1930)
  • Cassytha filiformis var. puberula (Meisn.) León & Alain, Fl. Cuba 2: 191 (1951)
  • Cassytha guineensis Schum. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 199 (1827)
  • Cassytha novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus., Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 57: 190 (1943)
  • Cassytha paradoxae Proctor, Moscosoa, 2: 20 (1983)
  • Cassytha senegalensis A.Chev., Fl. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 46 (1938), gallice
  • Cassytha timoriensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 60: 419 (1913)
  • Cassytha triflora E.Mey., Drège, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 171 (1843)
  • Cassytha zeylanica Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 134 (1788)
  • Ozarthris capense Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 92 (1836)
  • Rumputris fasciculata Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 92 (1836)
  • Spironema aphylla (Forssk.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 93 (1836)
  • Volutella aphylla Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 84 (1775)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Florida
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Texas
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan)
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; St. Barthélémy; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Curacao; Tobago; Trinidad
    • Regional: Central America
      • Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Belize; Honduras; El Salvador; Panama
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia (Antioquia, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Vaupés, Vichada); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Monagas, Sucre)
    • Regional: Brazil
      • N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales)
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India; Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Myanmar (Taninthayi); Sri Lanka
    • Regional: China
      • China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Taiwan
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan (Yakushima Isl.); Ryukyu Isl.
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen);
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Java; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam; Cambodia; Philippines (throughout); Borneo; Sulawesi
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Mapia Atoll); New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Isl., Ile des Pins, Ouvea)
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Senegal; Gambia; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Chad; Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Malawi; Tanzania; Kenya; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; Somalia; Seychelles; Somalia; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Juan de Nova Isl.); Iles Glorieuses; Ashmore & Cartier Isl. (Ashmore Reef); Cocos [Keeling]
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Western Pacific
      • Fiji (widespread); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u, Swains Atoll); Banaba [Ocean] Isl.; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tarawa, Nonouti, Tabiteuea, Onotoa); Henderson Isl.; Marshall Isl. (Enewetok, Bikini, Ailinginae, Rongelap, Rongerik, Taka, Utirik, Ujelang, Ujae, Wotho, Lae, Kwajalein, Ailuk, Jemo, Likiep, Aur, Ailinglapalap, Majuro, Arno, Jaluit); Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Fais, Woleai, Faraulep, Ifalik, Lamotrek, Satawal, Puluwat, Namonuito, Murilo, Nomwin, Truk, Dublon, Fefan, Piis, Namoluk, Etal, Lukunor, Satawan, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Ant, Pohnpei, Mokil, Pingelap, Kosrae); Nauru; Niue; N-Line Isl. (Teraina, Tabueran, Kiritimati); Northern Marianas (Asuncion, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Palau (Kayangel, Babeldaob, Koror, Ngarakabesang, Sonsorol); Rotuma Isl.; Phoenix Isl. (Kanton, Enderbury); [Western] Samoa (Savaii); Society Isl. (Mopelia Atoll, Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tetiaroa Atoll, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Tupai); Tokelau (Nukunonu, Fakaofo, Swains Isl.); Tonga (Tongatapu, ´Eua, Lifuka, Vava´u, Niuatoputapu); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl., Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll, etc., widespread); Tuvalu (Nui Atoll); Austral Isl. (Rurutu, Raivavae, Tubuai); Gambier Isl. (Mangareva); Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Chichijima, Minamijima, Anijima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Anejima); Volcano Isl. (Iwojima); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Hawaii (Kure Isl., Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Additional references

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English: devil's gut, bush-dodder, dodder-laurel
español: bejuco de fideo, cabellos de ángel
français: liane ficelle
português: cipó-chumbo
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