Cuscuta americana

Cuscuta americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: C. subg. Grammica

Species: Cuscuta americana

Name

Cuscuta americana L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nemepis americana (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Cuscuta surinamensis Schill., Descr. Pl. Lepr.: 200 (1778).
  • Cuscuta graveolens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 122 (1819).
  • Dactylepis brownei Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838), nom. altern.
  • Eronema robinsonii Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838).
  • Nemepis brownei Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838).
  • Nemepis prolifera Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Cuscuta spectabilis Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 283 (1841 publ. 1842)[Cusc.: 187]
  • Cuscuta leiolepis Miq., Linnaea 18: 247 (1844).
  • Cuscuta congesta Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 138 (1845).
  • Cuscuta campanulata Nutt. ex Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 482 (1859), pro syn.
  • Cuscuta americana var. congesta (Benth.) Progel in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 376 (1871).
  • Cuscuta americana var. spectabilis (Choisy) Progel in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 377 (1871).

Homonyms

• Cuscuta americana Hook. = Cuscuta glomerata Choisy
• Cuscuta americana Jacq. ex Engelm. = Cuscuta corymbosa Jussieu ex Engelm.
• Cuscuta americana Poepp. ex Choisy = Cuscuta micrantha Choisy
• Cuscuta americana Thunb. = Cuscuta africana Thunb.
• Cuscuta americana Thunb. ex Engelm. = Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Florida), Mexico (Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan) Continental: Southern America Peru, Surinam, Ecuador, Argentina (Jujuy), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Honduras, NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy), Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Tolima); Trinidad References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 124. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta americana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta americana. Published online. Accessed: November 06 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: American dodder
español: Bejuco de fideo

For more multimedia, look at Cuscuta americana on Wikimedia Commons.