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Taxon: Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

Genus: Cuscuta
Family: Convolvulaceae tribe: Cuscuteae. Also placed in: Cuscutaceae
Nomen number: 12687
Place of publication: Amer. J. Sci. Arts 43:340, t. 6, figs. 22-24. 1842
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.

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • cipó-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • cuscuta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • five-angled dodder   (Source: F WVa )

Economic importance:

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

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [s.], Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana, Washington
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Sonora [n.]
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist. (L Kentucky)
  • 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 pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) in North America. Sida 22:151–175.
  • Costea, M. Digital atlas of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) - on-line resource. (Atlas Cuscuta)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Mitchell, R. S., ed. 1986. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458. (L New York)
  • 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(3):194–195.
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
  • Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. (Atlas Penn)
  • Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)
  • 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, 4:5.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.:

  • 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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