Cuscuta salina

Cuscuta salina

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 salina

Name

Cuscuta salina Engelm. in S.Watson, Bot. California 1: 536 (1876).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Grammica salina (Engelm.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde, Canad. J. Bot. 56: 186 (1978).
• Heterotypic
  • Cuscuta californica var. squamigera Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 499 (1859).
  • Cuscuta squamigera (Engelm.) Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 455 (1906).
  • Cuscuta salina var. squamigera (Engelm.) Yunck., Illinois Biol. Monogr. 6: 161 (1921).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington State), Canada (British Columbia), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engelmann, G. in S. Watson, 1876. Geological Survey of California 1:536.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta salina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta salina. 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 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta salina. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta salina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta salina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Saltmarsh dodder

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