Taxon: Cuscuta planiflora Ten.

Common names:

• cipó-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• cuscuta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• espaguete   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  

Economic importance:

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

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Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Namibia; South Africa - Transvaal
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. (L Macar ed2)
• Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987 (L SAfr)
• 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)
• Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966–1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. (F Namib)
• Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,. economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). (Kuwait Pl)
• 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)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta planiflora.

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

Check other databases for Cuscuta planiflora Ten.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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