Cuscuta japonica

Cuscuta japonica

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. Monogynella

Species: Cuscuta japonica
Varietates: C. j. var. fissistyla – C. j. var. formosana – C. j. var. japonica

Name

Cuscuta japonica Choisy in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 134 (1854).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Monogynella japonica (Choisy) Hadac & Chrtek, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 444 (1970).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie Regional: China China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Regional: Eastern Asie Taiwan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, N-Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Siberia (C-Siberia), Russian Far East References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Choisy, J.D. in H. Zollinger, 1854-1855. Systematisches Verzeichnis 2:134.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta japonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta japonica. 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 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta japonica. Published online. Accessed: November 07 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta japonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta japonica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Dodder

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