''Cuscuta australis'', commonly known as Australian dodder, is a herb in the family
Convolvulaceae.
The
annual parasitic twining herb or climber that is associated with many hosts. It blooms between November and March producing 5-merous
[ white-cream-yellow flowers][
in compact clusters on pedicels which are less than long.][ The lobes are rounded-triangular and shorter than or equal in length to the corolla tube.][ It parasitises both native and exotic plants.][ To maximize its seed yield, it synchronizes its flowering to that of its host plant via detection of a signaling protein in the host.]
Distribution
Australia
In Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, it is found in a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay soils.[ It is also found in ]New South Wales
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, Victoria, Queensland
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,New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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[AVH: ''Cuscuta australis'' occurrence data (Distribution map)]
Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 26 June 2018
Elsewhere
It is found widely throughout the world and considered native to Europe, tropical Asia, Africa, Australasia and temperate Asia.
Taxonomy
''C. australis'' was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.[ The type specimen, BM00016305,]Queensland
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, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
by Robert Brown.
References
External links
AVH: ''Cuscuta australis'' occurrence data (Australasian distribution map)
GBIF: ''Cuscuta australis'' (world wide distribution map)
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australis
Plants described in 1810
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)