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Internal ID UUID64405bb11f63b321418806
Scientific name Cuscuta obtusiflora
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 122 (1819)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Grammica obtusiflora Berthiot Billotia 1: 15 (1864)

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Language Common/alternative name
English peruvian dodder

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Cuscuta obtusiflora subsp. latiloba (Engel.) P.K.Bhattach. & S.K.Mukerjee Indian J. Forest. 1: 159 (1978)
Cuscuta obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora Unknown

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Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 492 (1859)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Mississippi
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001297226
USDA Plants CUOB
Tropicos 8500694
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72898-2
The Plant List tro-8500694
Open Tree Of Life 578435
Observations.org 136177
NCBI Taxonomy 437280
Nature Serve 2.153543
IPNI 72898-2
iNaturalist 76551
GBIF 2927528
EOL 580975
Calflora (Californian flora) 9839

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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
Adaptation of a parasitic lifestyle by Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.: large scale gene deletion, conserved gene orders, and low intraspecific divergence Ni Y, Jiang M, Chen H, Huang L, Chen P, Liu C Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 20-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8079069
doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1911702
PMID:33969200
Genome sequencing of Prototheca zopfii genotypes 1 and 2 provides evidence of a severe reduction in organellar genomes Severgnini M, Lazzari B, Capra E, Chessa S, Luini M, Bordoni R, Castiglioni B, Ricchi M, Cremonesi P Sci Rep 02-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6168571
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32992-0
PMID:30279542
Divergence of RNA polymerase α subunits in angiosperm plastid genomes is mediated by genomic rearrangement Blazier JC, Ruhlman TA, Weng ML, Rehman SK, Sabir JS, Jansen RK Sci Rep 18-Apr-2016
PMCID:PMC4834550
doi:10.1038/srep24595
PMID:27087667
Molecular dynamics simulation and bioinformatics study on chloroplast stromal ridge complex from rice (Oryza sativa L.) Zhang Y, Ding Y BMC Bioinformatics 12-Jan-2016
PMCID:PMC4709881
doi:10.1186/s12859-016-0877-0
PMID:26753869
The Plastomes of Two Species in the Endoparasite Genus Pilostyles (Apodanthaceae) Each Retain Just Five or Six Possibly Functional Genes Bellot S, Renner SS Genome Biol Evol 12-Dec-2015
PMCID:PMC4758247
doi:10.1093/gbe/evv251
PMID:26660355
The changing epitome of species identification – DNA barcoding Ajmal Ali M, Gyulai G, Hidvégi N, Kerti B, Al Hemaid FM, Pandey AK, Lee J Saudi J Biol Sci 31-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC4061418
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.03.003
PMID:24955007
Complete Genes May Pass from Food to Human Blood Spisák S, Solymosi N, Ittzés P, Bodor A, Kondor D, Vattay G, Barták BK, Sipos F, Galamb O, Tulassay Z, Szállási Z, Rasmussen S, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Brunak S, Molnár B, Csabai I PLoS One 30-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3728338
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069805
PMID:23936105
Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Holoparasite Cistanche deserticola (Orobanchaceae) Reveals Gene Loss and Horizontal Gene Transfer from Its Host Haloxylon ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae) Li X, Zhang TC, Qiao Q, Ren Z, Zhao J, Yonezawa T, Hasegawa M, Crabbe MJ, Li J, Zhong Y PLoS One 15-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3598846
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058747
PMID:23554920
Reference-Free Comparative Genomics of 174 Chloroplasts Kua CS, Ruan J, Harting J, Ye CX, Helmus MR, Yu J, Cannon CH PLoS One 20-Nov-2012
PMCID:PMC3502452
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048995
PMID:23185288
Does the Mode of Plastid Inheritance Influence Plastid Genome Architecture? Crosby K, Smith DR PLoS One 27-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3459873
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046260
PMID:23029453
Rate heterogeneity in six protein-coding genes from the holoparasite Balanophora (Balanophoraceae) and other taxa of Santalales Su HJ, Hu JM Ann Bot 21-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3478055
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs197
PMID:23041381
Rampant Gene Loss in the Underground Orchid Rhizanthella gardneri Highlights Evolutionary Constraints on Plastid Genomes Delannoy E, Fujii S, Colas des Francs-Small C, Brundrett M, Small I Mol Biol Evol 02-Feb-2011
PMCID:PMC3112369
doi:10.1093/molbev/msr028
PMID:21289370
Localized hypermutation and associated gene losses in legume chloroplast genomes Magee AM, Aspinall S, Rice DW, Cusack BP, Sémon M, Perry AS, Stefanović S, Milbourne D, Barth S, Palmer JD, Gray JC, Kavanagh TA, Wolfe KH Genome Res 01-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC2989996
doi:10.1101/gr.111955.110
PMID:20978141
Parallel Loss of Plastid Introns and Their Maturase in the Genus Cuscuta McNeal JR, Kuehl JV, Boore JL, Leebens-Mack J, dePamphilis CW PLoS One 19-Jun-2009
PMCID:PMC2694360
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005982
PMID:19543388

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Saccharolipids
(11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyhexadecanoic acid 11803011 Click to see CCCCCC(CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)C)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O 726.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J
(11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxytetradecanoic acid 11802833 Click to see CCCC(CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)C)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O 698.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J
11-[3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxytetradecanoic acid 73108825 Click to see CCCC(CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)C)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O 698.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Oligosaccharides
11-[3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxytetradecanoic acid 85262641 Click to see CCCC(CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O 714.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Phenylketones / Alkyl-phenylketones
2-(4-Bromophenyl)-2-oxoethyl (2S)-2-methylbutanoate 14033790 Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OCC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)Br 299.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxy-dihydrochalcones
2,3-Dihydroxy-1-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one 78297354 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(C(C(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2O)O)O)O)O 338.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP980506J

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