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Cuscuta americana

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
Gallery
Contributors
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64405bae91a86650176390
Scientific name Cuscuta americana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 124 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Dactylepis brownei Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838)
Eronema robinsonii Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838)
Nemepis americana Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838)
Nemepis prolifera Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838)
Cuscuta congesta Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 138 (1845)
Cuscuta americana var. spectabilis (Choisy) Progel Fl. Bras. 7: 377 (1871)
Cuscuta surinamensis Schilling Descr. Pl. Lepr. : 200 (1778)
Cuscuta leiolepis Miq. Linnaea 18: 247 (1844)
Cuscuta americana var. congesta (Benth.) Progel Fl. Bras. 7: 376 (1871)
Cuscuta spectabilis Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 283 (1841 publ. 1842)
Cuscuta graveolens Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 122 (1819)
Nemepis brownei Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american dodder
Arabic حامول أمريكي

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Northern South America
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001297192
UNII 3G4C1YHA8X
Florida Plant Atlas 3825
USDA Plants CUAM3
Tropicos 8500652
INPN 629495
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267279-1
The Plant List tro-8500652
Open Tree Of Life 159794
Observations.org 198644
NCBI Taxonomy 437237
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003685
Nature Serve 2.157966
IPNI 267279-1
iNaturalist 161264
GBIF 2927542
EPPO CVCAM
EOL 581004
Elurikkus 335946
USDA GRIN 430203

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The Evolution of Cytogenetic Traits in Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae), the Genus With the Most Diverse Chromosomes in Angiosperms Ibiapino A, García MA, Amorim B, Baez M, Costea M, Stefanović S, Pedrosa-Harand A Front Plant Sci 01-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9011109
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.842260
PMID:35432411
Leveraging Micro-CT Scanning to Analyze Parasitic Plant-Host Interactions Teixeira-Costa L J Vis Exp 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9290312
doi:10.3791/63423
PMID:35098949
Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components Salehi B, Ata A, V. Anil Kumar N, Sharopov F, Ramírez-Alarcón K, Ruiz-Ortega A, Abdulmajid Ayatollahi S, Valere Tsouh Fokou P, Kobarfard F, Amiruddin Zakaria Z, Iriti M, Taheri Y, Martorell M, Sureda A, N. Setzer W, Durazzo A, Lucarini M, Santini A, Capasso R, Adrian Ostrander E, -ur-Rahman A, Iqbal Choudhary M, C. Cho W, Sharifi-Rad J Biomolecules 30-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6843349
doi:10.3390/biom9100551
PMID:31575072
Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks Wanzala W Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 17-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5536150
doi:10.1155/2017/8647919
PMID:28798806
Strongyloidiasis Current Status with Emphasis in Diagnosis and Drug Research Mendes T, Minori K, Ueta M, Miguel DC, Allegretti SM J Parasitol Res 22-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5292188
doi:10.1155/2017/5056314
PMID:28210503
Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus Lans CA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Oct-2006
PMCID:PMC1624823
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-45
PMID:17040567

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