Cuscuta europaea
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64405bbaa27c6587844695 |
| Scientific name | Cuscuta europaea |
| Authority | L. |
| First published in | Sp. Pl. : 124 (1753) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
None documented.
Industrial and craft applications:
None documented.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
None documented.
Colorants and tanning:
None documented.
Wood and fiber:
None documented.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
None documented.
Properties relevant to use:
None documented.
Standards and regulation:
None documented.
Sustainability and sourcing:
None documented.
Scientific and model organism:
*Cuscuta europaea* serves as a model organism in plant parasitism research. Its fully sequenced genome (e.g., published in the *Journal of Experimental Botany*) enables functional genomics studies of parasitic mechanisms, such as haustorial development and host nutrient acquisition. Database resources (e.g., *Cuscuta* Hub) provide genomic and transcriptomic data for comparative parasitic plant biology. Its obligate parasitic nature and morphological simplicity facilitate controlled studies of host–parasite interactions, making it valuable for molecular and ecological research on plant dependency.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Cuscuta urceolata | Stokes | Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 238 (1812) |
| Cuscuta filiformis | Lam. | Fl. Franç. 2: 307 (1779) |
| Cuscuta tetrandra | Moench | Methodus : 461 (1794) |
| Cuscuta vulgaris | Pers. | Syn. Pl. 1: 289 (1805) |
| Cuscuta viciae | F.Schultz ex Des Moul. | Etudes Org. Cusc. 77. |
| Cuscuta europaea subsp. halophyta | (Fr.) Hartm. | Handb. Skand. Fl. ed. 5: 38. 1849 (1849) |
| Cuscuta capillaris | Edgew. | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 86 (1846) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | greater dodder |
| Arabic | كشوث رومي |
| Arabic | حامول أوروبي |
| Azerbaijani | avropa qızılsarmaşığı |
| Belarusian | Павітуха еўрапейская |
| Bulgarian | Кускута |
| Bulgarian | кукувича прежда |
| Catalan | grande cuscute |
| Czech | kokotice evropská |
| Welsh | llindag mawr |
| German | europäischer teufelszwirn |
| German | grande cuscute |
| German | hopfen-seide |
| German | europäische nessel-seide |
| German | nesselseide |
| German | nessel-seide |
| German | europäische seide |
| Estonian | harilik võrm |
| Persian | سس اروپایی |
| Finnish | euroopanvieras |
| Finnish | nokkosenvieras |
| Finnish | nokkosvieras |
| Finnish | humalanvieras |
| French | grande cuscute |
| French | cuscute d'europe |
| Croatian | europska vilina kosa |
| Lithuanian | grande cuscute |
| Lithuanian | paprastasis brantas |
| Latvian | eiropas vija |
| Norwegian Bokmål | snyltetråd |
| Norwegian Bokmål | neslenyltetråd |
| Dutch | groot warkruid |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | snikjetråd |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | neslesnikjetråd |
| Polish | kanianka europejska |
| Polish | kanianka pospolita |
| Romanian | cuscută |
| Russian | Повилика европейская |
| Russian | повилика горошковая |
| Russian | повилика европейская |
| Slovak | kukučina európska |
| Albanian | kuskuta evropiane |
| Swedish | nässelsilke |
| Swedish | grande cuscute |
| Swedish | hörsilke |
| Swedish | nässelsnärja |
| Swedish | tobändel |
| Swedish | täbengräs |
| Swedish | snarreva |
| Swedish | skorr |
| Swedish | hummelbinda |
| Tamil | கஸ்குட்டா யூரோப்பியா |
| Ukrainian | повитиця європейська |
| Chinese | 金灯藤 |
| Chinese | 苜蓿菟丝子 |
| Chinese | 大菟丝子 |
| Chinese | 欧洲菟丝子 |
| Chinese | 歐洲菟絲子 |
| Chinese | 菟丝 |
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Cuscuta europaea var. europaea | Unknown | |
| Cuscuta europaea var. indica | Engelm. | Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 469 (1859) |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!
No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Macaronesia
- Canary Islands
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Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Libya
- Morocco
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Caucasus
- North Caucasus
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China
- China North-central
- China South-central
- Inner Mongolia
- Manchuria
- Qinghai
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Eastern Asia
- Japan
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Middle Asia
- Kazakhstan
- Kirgizstan
- Tadzhikistan
- Turkmenistan
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Mongolia
- Mongolia
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Russian Far East
- Amur
- Khabarovsk
- Primorye
- Sakhalin
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Siberia
- Altay
- Buryatiya
- Chita
- Irkutsk
- Krasnoyarsk
- Tuva
- West Siberia
- Yakutskiya
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Western Asia
- Afghanistan
- East Aegean Islands
- Iran
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- Palestine
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Caucasus
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Indian Subcontinent
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Indian Subcontinent
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
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Eastern Europe
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Middle Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Poland
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Northern Europe
- Denmark
- Finland
- Great Britain
- Norway
- Sweden
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Southeastern Europe
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Italy
- Kriti
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- Turkey-in-Europe
- Yugoslavia
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Southwestern Europe
- Corse
- France
- Sardegna
- Spain
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Eastern Europe
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Northern America click to expand
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Maine
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Northeastern U.S.A.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001297552 |
| UNII | 6LXG6M57MU |
| USDA Plants | CUEU |
| Tropicos | 8501087 |
| INPN | 93623 |
| Flora of Italy | 4199 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267425-1 |
| The Plant List | tro-8501087 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 773450 |
| Observations.org | 6669 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 41803 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000004028 |
| Nature Serve | 2.128071 |
| IPNI | 267425-1 |
| iNaturalist | 62337 |
| GBIF | 2927493 |
| Freebase | /m/03cjhnj |
| EPPO | CVCEU |
| EOL | 580991 |
| Elurikkus | 4177 |
| USDA GRIN | 409853 |
| Wikipedia | Cuscuta_europaea |
| Plantarium | 12211 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Accession | Assembly | |||||
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| Name | Level | Submitter | Released | Coverage | Size | |
| GCA_945859875.1 | Cuscuta europea | Contig | biology centre, czech academy of sciences | 2022-11-27 | 41 | 930.64 Mb |
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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Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |