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Taxon: Cuscuta indecora Choisy

Genus: Cuscuta
Family: Convolvulaceae tribe: Cuscuteae. Also placed in: Cuscutaceae
Nomen number: 12685
Place of publication: Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9:278, t. 3, fig. 3. 1842 (Convolv. diss. tert.)
Name verified on: 07-Sep-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Sep-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • cipó-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • espaguete   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • fios-de-ovos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • large-seed dodder   (Source: AH 505 )
  • tinge-ovos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)

Economic importance:

  • Weed: parasite; also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Western Canada: Canada - Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Mexico
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Guatemala
    Caribbean: Barbados; Cuba; Jamaica
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana. (L Parana)
  • Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires. (Man BuenAir)
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Costea, M. et al. 2006. Taxonomy of the Cuscuta indecora (Convolvulaceae) complex in North America. Sida 22:209–225.
  • Costea, M. Digital atlas of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) - on-line resource. (Atlas Cuscuta)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [with five varieties].
  • Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California. (F SCalif)
  • Musselman, L. J. 1986. Castanea 51:193.
  • Silberhorn, G. M. 1998. Castanea 63:190–191.
  • Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Published in Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981 (L Belize)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
  • 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, 4:11.
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Check other databases for Cuscuta indecora Choisy:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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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