Cuscuta compacta

Cuscuta compacta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: C. subg. Grammica

Species:
Varietates: C. c. var. compacta – C. c. var. efimbriata

Name

Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 281 (1841 publ. 1842).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Cuscuta compacta var. typica Yunck., Illinois Biol. Monogr. 6: 76 (1921), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Canada (Quebec)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Compact dodder
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