List Of Cuscuta Species
This is a list of the 216 accepted species in the genus ''Cuscuta'': ''Cuscuta'' species *'' Cuscuta abyssinica'' A.Rich. *'' Cuscuta acuta'' Engelm. *'' Cuscuta acutiloba'' Engelm. *'' Cuscuta africana'' Willd. *'' Cuscuta alata'' Brandegee *'' Cuscuta alatiloba'' Yunck. *'' Cuscuta americana'' L. *'' Cuscuta andina'' Phil. *'' Cuscuta angulata'' Engelm. *'' Cuscuta appendiculata'' Engelm. *'' Cuscuta approximata'' Bab. - alfalfa dodder (Eurasia, Africa) *'' Cuscuta argentinana'' Yunck. *'' Cuscuta atrans'' Feinbrun *'' Cuscuta australis'' R.Br. *'' Cuscuta azteca'' Costea & M.A.R.Wright *'' Cuscuta babylonica'' Aucher ex Choisy *'' Cuscuta balansae'' Boiss. & Reut. ex Yunck. *'' Cuscuta basarabica'' Buia *'' Cuscuta bella'' Yunck. *'' Cuscuta bifurcata''Yunck. *'' Cuscuta blepharolepis'' Welw. ex Hiern *'' Cuscuta boldinghii '' Urb. *'' Cuscuta boliviana'' Yunck. *'' Cuscuta bonafortunae'' Costea & I.García *'' Cuscuta brachycalyx'' (Yunck.) Yunck. *'' Cuscuta b ...
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Cuscuta
''Cuscuta'' (), commonly known as dodder or amarbel, is a genus of over 201 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; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates, with only four species native to northern Europe. Folk names include: strangle tare, scaldweed, beggarweed, lady's laces, fireweed, wizard's net, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, strangleweed, angel hair, and witch's hair. Description Cuscuta can be identified by its thin stems appearing leafless, with the leaves reduced to minute scales. In these respects it closely r ...
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