Cuscuta Linnaeus 1753 (dodder)

Angiospermae - Solanales - Convolvulaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Convolvulaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Astripomoea, Convolvulites, Convolvulus, Diversiphyllum, Evolvulus, Ipomoea, Perfotricolpites, Porana

Subtaxa: Cuscuta americana Cuscuta europaea

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Type: Cuscuta europaea

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Pushkar Lake ( of India)

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