Cuscuta Linnaeus 1753 (dodder)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
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
Type: Cuscuta europaea
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Pushkar Lake ( of India)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.