Taxon: Cuscuta approximata Bab.

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Common names:

• smooth-seed alfalfa dodder   (Source: NPB State Noxweed WA [http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/washington.pdf]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: parasite   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China - Xinjiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Switzerland
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Germany; Hungary
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Nebraska, North Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1999. Illustrated flora of British Columbia.
• Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• 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 ser. 2, 4:40.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta approximata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cuscuta approximata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cuscuta approximata.

Check other web resources for Cuscuta approximata Bab.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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