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Cuscuta
Cuscuta ( /kʌsˈkjuːtɑː/) (dodder) is a genus of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions;...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cuscuta subgen. Grammica
subgenusGrammica
Cuscuta subgen. Cuscuta
subgenusCuscuta
Cuscuta subgen. Monogynella
subgenusMonogynella
Cuscuta subgen. Pachystigma
subgenusPachystigma
Cuscuta camelorum
speciesCuscuta camelorum
Cuscuta basarabica
speciesCuscuta basarabica
Cuscuta sharmanum
speciesCuscuta sharmanum
Cuscuta timorensis
speciesCuscuta timorensis
Cuscuta pusilla
speciesCuscuta pusilla
Cuscuta rostricarpa
speciesCuscuta rostricarpa
Cuscuta santapaui
speciesCuscuta santapaui
Cuscuta gennesaretana
speciesCuscuta gennesaretana
Cuscuta krishnae
speciesCuscuta krishnae
Cuscuta syrtorum
speciesCuscuta syrtorum
Cuscuta stenocalycina
speciesCuscuta stenocalycina
Cuscuta elpassiana
speciesCuscuta elpassiana
Cuscuta ferganensis
speciesCuscuta ferganensis
Cuscuta callinema
speciesCuscuta callinema
Cuscuta ruschanica
speciesCuscuta ruschanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.95
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.123
Herbarius
1485 · p.96
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.96
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.93
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.146
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.147
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.95
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.248
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.96
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.382
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.882
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cuscuta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56932.