Cuscuta chilensis

Cuscuta chilensis

Taxonavigation edit

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 chilensis

Name edit

Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 603 (1822).

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Cuscuta odorata Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 276 (1841 publ. 1842)[Cusc.: 180]
    • Cuscuta odorata Poepp. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 455 (1845), pro syn.
    • Cuscuta aurea Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 90: 224 (1895), nom. illeg.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina (Mendoza, Neuquen), Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Reg. Metropolitana)

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Buttonbush dodder
suomi: Amerikanvieras
français: Cuscute des champs
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