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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cuscuta

devil's guts
dodder
hellweed

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cuscuta

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Solanales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
common name: Polemoniales
  
   Familia  Cuscutaceae (Dumort.) Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20, 25. 1829, nom. cons.
common name: Dodders
  
   Subfamilia  Cuscutoideae Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 594. Jan-Aug 1829.
  
   Tribus  Cuscuteae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 50. 1827.
  
   Genus  Cuscuta L.
pub. (1753)
common name: dodder
  

Named members of the Genus Cuscuta

1
   Species  americana L.
common name: American dodder
2
   Species  applanata Engelm.
common name: Gila River dodder
3
   Species  approximata Bab.
 
4
   Varietas  urceolata (Kunze) Yuncker
syn. Cuscuta approximata
5
   Species  arvensis Bey. ex Engelm.
syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
6
   Species  attenuata Waterfall
common name: tapertip dodder
7
   Species  boldinghii Urban
common name: Boldingh's dodder
8
   Species  brachycalyx (Yuncker) Yuncker
 
9
   Varietas  apodanthera (Yuncker) Yuncker
common name: San Joaquin dodder
10
   Varietas  brachycalyx
common name: San Joaquin dodder
11
   Species  californica Hook. & Arn.
 
12
   Varietas  apiculata Engelm.
common name: chaparral dodder
13
   Varietas  breviflora Engelm.
common name: chaparral dodder
14
   Varietas  californica
common name: chaparral dodder
15
   Varietas  papillosa Yuncker
common name: chaparral dodder
16
   Species  campestris Yuncker
syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
17
   Species  cassytoides Nees ex Engelm.
common name: African dodder
18
   Species  ceanothi Behr
common name: canyon dodder
19
   Species  cephalanthi Engelm.
common name: buttonbush dodder
20
   Species  compacta Juss. ex Choisy
 
21
   Varietas  compacta
common name: compact dodder
22
   Varietas  efimbriata Yuncker
common name: compact dodder
23
   Species  coryli Engelm.
common name: hazel dodder
24
   Species  curta (Engelm.) Rydb.
syn. Cuscuta megalocarpa
25
   Species  cuspidata Engelm.
common name: cusp dodder
26
   Species  decipiens Yuncker
common name: TransPecos dodder
27
   Species  dentatasquamata Yuncker
common name: los pinitos dodder
28
   Species  denticulata Engelm.
 
29
   Varietas  denticulata
common name: desert dodder
30
   Varietas  vetchii (Brandeg.) T. Beliz
common name: Vetch's dodder
31
   Species  epilinum Weihe
common name: flax dodder
32
   Species  epithymum (L.) L.
common name: hellweed, dodder, devil's guts
  
 
33
   Subspecies  approximata (Bab.) Rouy
syn. Cuscuta approximata
34
   Species  erosa Yuncker
common name: Sonoran dodder
35
   Species  europaea L.
common name: greater dodder
36
   Species  exaltata Engelm.
common name: tall dodder
37
   Species  fasciculata Yuncker
common name: clustered dodder
38
   Species  glabrior (Engelm.) Yuncker
 
39
   Varietas  pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker
syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pubescens
40
   Species  glandulosa (Engelm.) Small
syn. Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
41
   Species  globulosa Benth.
common name: West Indian dodder
42
   Species  glomerata Choisy
common name: rope dodder
43
   Species  gronovii Willd. ex J.A. Schultes
 
44
   Varietas  calyptrata Engelm.
common name: scaldweed
45
   Varietas  curta Engelm.
syn. Cuscuta megalocarpa
46
   Varietas  gronovii
common name: scaldweed
47
   Varietas  latiflora Engelm.
syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
48
   Varietas  saururi (Engelm.) MacM.
syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
49
   Species  harperi Small
common name: Harper's dodder
50
   Species  howelliana Rubtzoff
common name: Boggs Lake dodder
51
   Species  indecora Choisy
 
52
   Varietas  bifida Yuncker
common name: bigseed alfalfa dodder
53
   Varietas  indecora
common name: bigseed alfalfa dodder
54
   Varietas  longisepala Yuncker
common name: bigseed dodder
55
   Varietas  neuropetala (Engelm.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: bigseed dodder
56
   Varietas  warneri (Yuncker) T. Beliz, comb. nov. ined.
syn. Cuscuta warneri
57
   Species  japonica Choisy
common name: Japanese dodder
58
   Species  jepsonii Yunker
syn. Cuscuta indecora var. indecora
59
   Species  leptantha Engelm.
common name: slender dodder
60
   Species  megalocarpa Rydb.
common name: bigfruit dodder
61
   Species  mitriformis Engelm.
common name: Cochise dodder
62
   Species  nevadensis I.M. Johnston
syn. Cuscuta denticulata var. vetchii
63
   Species  obtusiflora Kunth
 
64
   Varietas  glandulosa Engelm.
common name: Peruvian dodder
65
   Species  occidentalis Millsp.
syn. Cuscuta californica var. breviflora
66
   Species  odontolepis Engelm.
common name: Santa Rita Mountain dodder
67
   Species  pentagona Engelm.
 
68
   Varietas  calycina Engelm.
syn. Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
69
   Varietas  glabrior (Engelm.) Gandhi, Thomas & Hatch
common name: bushclover dodder
70
   Varietas  pentagona
common name: fiveangled dodder
71
   Varietas  pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker
common name: bushclover dodder
72
   Species  planiflora Ten.
syn. Cuscuta approximata
73
   Species  plattensis A. Nels.
common name: prairie dodder
74
   Species  polygonorum Engelm.
common name: smartweed dodder
75
   Species  potosina Schaffn.
 
76
   Varietas  globifera Yuncker
common name: globe dodder
77
   Species  reflexa Roxb.
common name: giant dodder
  
78
   Species  rostrata Shuttlw. ex Engelm. & Gray
common name: beaked dodder
79
   Species  runyonii Yuncker
common name: Runyon's dodder
80
   Species  salina Engelm.
 
81
   Varietas  major Yuncker
common name: goldenthread
82
   Varietas  papillata Yuncker
common name: goldenthread
83
   Varietas  salina
common name: saltmarsh dodder
84
   Species  sandwichiana Choisy
 
85
   Varietas  kailuana Yuncker
syn. Cuscuta sandwichiana
86
   Species  squamata Engelm.
common name: scaleflower dodder
87
   Species  suaveolens Ser.
common name: fringed dodder
88
   Species  subinclusa Dur. & Hilg.
syn. Cuscuta ceanothi
89
   Species  suksdorfii Yuncker
 
90
   Varietas  subpedicellata Yuncker
common name: mountain dodder
91
   Varietas  suksdorfii
common name: mountain dodder
92
   Species  tuberculata Brandeg.
common name: tubercle dodder
93
   Species  umbellata Kunth
 
94
   Varietas  reflexa (Coult.) Yuncker
syn. Cuscuta umbellata
95
   Species  umbrosa auct. non Bey. ex Hook.
syn. Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
96
   Species  vetchii Brandeg.
syn. Cuscuta denticulata var. vetchii
97
   Species  vivipara T. Beliz, sp. nov. ined.
common name: lovevine
98
   Species  warneri Yuncker
common name: Warner's dodder

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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