Cuscuta {genus} - Tracheophyta; Magnoliopsida; Solanales; Convolvulaceae;

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Sub-taxa

Species (145)
  1. Cuscuta abyssinica [1]
  2. Cuscuta acuta [2]
  3. Cuscuta africana [1]
  4. Cuscuta americana [2]
  5. Cuscuta angulata [2]
  6. Cuscuta appendiculata [1]
  7. Cuscuta applanata [2]
  8. Cuscuta approximata [17]
  9. Cuscuta approximata subsp. macranthera [2]
  10. Cuscuta aristeguietae [1]
  11. Cuscuta australis [14]
  12. Cuscuta babylonica [3]
  13. Cuscuta balansae [5]
  14. Cuscuta boldinghii [3]
  15. Cuscuta bonafortunae [1]
  16. Cuscuta brachycalyx [5]
  17. Cuscuta brevistyla [1]
  18. Cuscuta burrellii [1]
  19. Cuscuta californica [11]
  20. Cuscuta campestris [60]
  21. Cuscuta capitata [2]
  22. Cuscuta carnosa [1]
  23. Cuscuta castroviejoi [2]
  24. Cuscuta cephalanthi [4]
  25. Cuscuta cesattiana [1]
  26. Cuscuta cf. californica SS-2007 [1]
  27. Cuscuta chapalana [3]
  28. Cuscuta chilensis [1]
  29. Cuscuta chinensis [11]
  30. Cuscuta chinensis var. applanata [1]
  31. Cuscuta cockerellii [1]
  32. Cuscuta compacta [3]
  33. Cuscuta corniculata [1]
  34. Cuscuta coryli [3]
  35. Cuscuta corymbosa [1]
  36. Cuscuta corymbosa var. grandiflora [1]
  37. Cuscuta costaricensis [1]
  38. Cuscuta cotijana [2]
  39. Cuscuta cozumeliensis [1]
  40. Cuscuta cristata [1]
  41. Cuscuta cuspidata [4]
  42. Cuscuta decipiens [2]
  43. Cuscuta denticulata [8]
  44. Cuscuta draconella [3]
  45. Cuscuta epilinum [5]
  46. Cuscuta epithymum [26]
  47. Cuscuta epithymum subsp. corsicana [1]
  48. Cuscuta erosa [1]
  49. Cuscuta europaea [20]
  50. Cuscuta exaltata [2]
  51. Cuscuta flosdorfii [2]
  52. Cuscuta foetida [2]
  53. Cuscuta friesii [1]
  54. Cuscuta glabrior [2]
  55. Cuscuta globiflora [3]
  56. Cuscuta globulosa [1]
  57. Cuscuta glomerata [1]
  58. Cuscuta gracillima [1]
  59. Cuscuta grandiflora [5]
  60. Cuscuta gronovii [26]
  61. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii [1]
  62. Cuscuta gymnocarpa [4]
  63. Cuscuta harperi [2]
  64. Cuscuta haughtii [1]
  65. Cuscuta haussknechtii [1]
  66. Cuscuta howelliana [5]
  67. Cuscuta hyalina [2]
  68. Cuscuta iguanella [1]
  69. Cuscuta incurvata [1]
  70. Cuscuta indecora [11]
  71. Cuscuta insolita [1]
  72. Cuscuta insquamata [1]
  73. Cuscuta jalapensis [4]
  74. Cuscuta japonica [8]
  75. Cuscuta kilimanjari [1]
  76. Cuscuta kotschyana [4]
  77. Cuscuta kurdica [1]
  78. Cuscuta legitima [11]
  79. Cuscuta leptantha [1]
  80. Cuscuta liliputana [2]
  81. Cuscuta lindsayi [2]
  82. Cuscuta lupuliformis [6]
  83. Cuscuta macrocephala [2]
  84. Cuscuta mcvaughii [1]
  85. Cuscuta micrantha [1]
  86. Cuscuta microstyla [1]
  87. Cuscuta mitriformis [3]
  88. Cuscuta modesta [4]
  89. Cuscuta monogyna [14]
  90. Cuscuta montana [1]
  91. Cuscuta natalensis [2]
  92. Cuscuta nitida [4]
  93. Cuscuta nivea [1]
  94. Cuscuta obtusiflora [5]
  95. Cuscuta occidentalis [5]
  96. Cuscuta odontolepis [2]
  97. Cuscuta pacifica [10]
  98. Cuscuta paitana [1]
  99. Cuscuta palaestina [5]
  100. Cuscuta parodiana [3]
  101. Cuscuta pedicellata [2]
  102. Cuscuta pentagona [17]
  103. Cuscuta planiflora [24]
  104. Cuscuta plattensis [7]
  105. Cuscuta platyloba [1]
  106. Cuscuta polyanthemos [2]
  107. Cuscuta polygonorum [5]
  108. Cuscuta potosina [1]
  109. Cuscuta psorothamnensis [15]
  110. Cuscuta pulchella [3]
  111. Cuscuta purpusii [2]
  112. Cuscuta racemosa [1]
  113. Cuscuta rausii [1]
  114. Cuscuta reflexa [18]
  115. Cuscuta rhodesiana [1]
  116. Cuscuta rostrata [1]
  117. Cuscuta rugosiceps [2]
  118. Cuscuta runyonii [4]
  119. Cuscuta salina [12]
  120. Cuscuta sandwichiana [3]
  121. Cuscuta serruloba [1]
  122. Cuscuta sidarum [2]
  123. Cuscuta sp. [5]
  124. Cuscuta sp. Madsen 63850 [1]
  125. Cuscuta sp. SB-2018 [1]
  126. Cuscuta sp. SS-2008 [1]
  127. Cuscuta squamata [1]
  128. Cuscuta stenolepis [2]
  129. Cuscuta strobilacea [1]
  130. Cuscuta suaveolens [2]
  131. Cuscuta subinclusa [11]
  132. Cuscuta suksdorfii [4]
  133. Cuscuta tasmanica [2]
  134. Cuscuta timida [1]
  135. Cuscuta tinctoria [5]
  136. Cuscuta tolteca [3]
  137. Cuscuta triumvirati [2]
  138. Cuscuta tuberculata [2]
  139. Cuscuta umbellata [6]
  140. Cuscuta umbrosa [11]
  141. Cuscuta veatchii [6]
  142. Cuscuta victoriana [2]
  143. Cuscuta volcanica [2]
  144. Cuscuta werdermannii [1]
  145. Cuscuta woodsonii [2]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 638 Public Records: 570
Specimens with Sequences: 573 Public Species: 143
Specimens with Barcodes: 164 Public BINs: 0
Species: 145          
Species With Barcodes: 52          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

Specimen Depositories: Sequencing Labs:
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Sequencing Labs

Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Cuscuta
(Cuscuta approximata - BGE_00078_C06) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025) TAU herbarium Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Cuscuta australis - TROM_V_115478_sg) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Tromsø University Museum (Cuscuta boldinghii - BioBot12758) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Cuscuta californica - CCDB-24964-B05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Cuscuta campestris - PPRI-0243) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Mamadi Theresa Sethusa University of Johannesburg (Cuscuta cephalanthi - HERB0184) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified UBC Herbarium
(Cuscuta chinensis - DNAFR000403) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG (Cuscuta coryli - 25593HIM) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) University of Guelph, Canada OAC-BIO Herbarium (Cuscuta denticulata - CCDB-24940-E01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Cuscuta epithymum - NMW250) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Cuscuta europaea - L 0892874) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Naturalis Biodiversity center Naturalis Biodiversity center (Cuscuta flosdorfii - FML-ANG-000010a) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified
(Cuscuta globiflora - FML-ANG-000020a) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Cuscuta grandiflora - Peru18345) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii - MT00186426) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2013) MT Herbier Marie-Victorin
(Cuscuta indecora - CCDB-24964-G06) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Cuscuta pacifica - CCDB-24964-F06) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Cuscuta parodiana - FML-ANG-000022a) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified
(Cuscuta polygonorum - CCDB-23954-D01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) University of Alberta Herbarium University of Alberta Herbarium (Cuscuta reflexa - GCUL-FDGK-430) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Saadullah Khan DR.SULTAN HERBARIUM, GC University Lahore (Cuscuta salina - HERB0186) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified UBC Herbarium
(Cuscuta sp - Peru18048) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Cuscuta subinclusa - CCDB-24940-H02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Cuscuta umbrosa - CCDB-28092-F03) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Canadian Museum of Nature Canadian Museum of Nature
(Cuscuta veatchii - CCDB-24940-C01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Cuscuta veatchii)
  Sample ID:
CCDB-24940-C01
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)
  License Holder:
SDNHM, San Diego Natural History Museum

Collection Sites




Collected from 14 countries.
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United States42India6Austria1
Canada34Netherlands6Peru1
Argentina10Pakistan2Colombia1
United Kingdom10Costa Rica2Brazil1
South Africa7Mexico1