Taxon: Cuscuta epilinum Weihe

Common names:

• cipó-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• cuscuta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• flax dodder   (Source: Names Beetle )
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: parasite; also potential seed contaminant   (fide Castanea 61:278. 1996)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Primorye
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine

Other:

• widely naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana. (L Parana)
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31. (Names Beetle)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Manitz, H. 1983. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Convolvulaceae und Cuscutaceae. I. Feddes Repert. 94:176.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Yuncker, T. G. 1965. Cuscuta. In: Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2, North American flora ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972 (N Amer fl) ser. 2, 4:39–40.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta epilinum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cuscuta epilinum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Cuscuta epilinum Weihe:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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