Cuscuta australis

Cuscuta australis

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 australis
Varieties: C. a. var. australis – C. a. var. cesatiana – C. a. var. tineoi

Name

Cuscuta australis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 491 (1810).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cuscuta obtusiflora var. australis (R.Br.) Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 492 (1859).
  • Grammica australis (R.Br.) Hadac & Chrtek, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 5: 445 (1970).
  • Grammica scandens subsp. australis (R.Br.) Holub, Preslia 45: 359 (1973).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Sicily, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, ?Albania, European Turkey, Crimea Continental: Asie Anatolia, Iran (N-Iran, E-Iran), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., Taiwan, Java, India, Bangladesh, China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Sumatra, New Guinea, Vietnam Continental: Australia Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) Continental: Africa Botswana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Benin, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 491.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta australis 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 australis. 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 australis. Published online. Accessed: November 06 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta australis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta australis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Knöterich-Seide, Südliche Seide

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