Cuscuta approximata

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Internal ID UUID64405bc54c92a405039453
Scientific name Cuscuta approximata
Authority Bab.
First published in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 253 (1844)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cuscuta epithymum subsp. approximata (Bab.) Rouy Fl. France 10: 360. 1908 (1908)
Cuscuta planiflora subsp. approximata (Bab.) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 2: 122 (1932)
Cuscuta planiflora var. approximata (Bab.) Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 465 (1859)

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Language Common/alternative name
English alfalfa dodder
Arabic فقد الأرنب
Arabic حماض الأرنب
Arabic حامول مسطح الزهرة
Czech kokotice žlutavá
Persian سس انبوه
French cuscute proche
Chinese 杯花菟丝子
Chinese 杯花菟絲子

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Name Authority First published in
Cuscuta approximata subsp. approximata Unknown
Cuscuta approximata subsp. episonchum (Webb & Berthel.) Feinbrun Israel J. Bot. 19: 28. 1970
Cuscuta approximata subsp. macranthera (Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.) Feinbrun & Greuter Israel J. Bot. 19: 27. 1970

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Name Authority First published in
Cuscuta approximata var. episonchum (Webb & Berthel.) Yunck. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18(2): 299 1932
Cuscuta approximata var. schiraziana (Boiss.) Yunck. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 298 (1932)
Cuscuta approximata var. urceolata Yunck. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 297 (1932)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Zambia
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China Southeast
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Siberia
      • Altay
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Line Islands
      • Society Islands
      • Tuamotu
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Guatemala
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Uruguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001297932
Canadensys 4620
USDA Plants CUAP2
Tropicos 8501531
INPN 93601
Flora of Italy 4208
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267291-1
The Plant List tro-8501531
Open Tree Of Life 216765
Observations.org 116957
NCBI Taxonomy 184478
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003686
Nature Serve 2.142801
IPNI 267291-1
iNaturalist 76543
GBIF 2927520
Freebase /m/03h3n3l
EPPO CVCAP
EOL 581005
Elurikkus 335932
Calflora (Californian flora) 2527
USDA GRIN 311576
Wikipedia Cuscuta_approximata

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Road Impact on Plant Colonization in the Arid Timanfaya National Park Bernardos M, Cornejo NS, Torres Hassan AD, Cabrera R, Arévalo JR Plants (Basel) 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610428
doi:10.3390/plants12203568
PMID:37896031
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
Herbal Medicine Used in the Treatment of Human Diseases in the Rif, Northern Morocco Chaachouay N, Douira A, Zidane L Arab J Sci Eng 07-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8024440
doi:10.1007/s13369-021-05501-1
PMID:33842189
Cuscuta seeds: Diversity and evolution, value for systematics/identification and exploration of allometric relationships Olszewski M, Dilliott M, García-Ruiz I, Bendarvandi B, Costea M PLoS One 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7292398
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234627
PMID:32530960
Floral symmetry: pollinator-mediated stabilizing selection on flower size in bilateral species Gong YB, Huang SQ Proc Biol Sci 26-Aug-2009
PMCID:PMC2825790
doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1254
PMID:19710062

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