Taxon: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.

• in Fl. monspel., Linnaeus intended this as C. europaea var. epithymum
• Linnaeus is author of the new names in Syst. veg. ed. 13
• Murray was simply editor, fide TL-2 3:110, 670. 1981

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Common names:

• clover dodder   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  
• common dodder   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• dodder   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• lesser dodder   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Thymian-Seide   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• cipó-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• ljungsnärja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Weed: parasite   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Black, J. M. 1943–1957. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Garcia, M. A. & S. Cafferty. 2005. Revised lectotypification of Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 54:477–478.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• 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.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Stearn, W. T. 1973. Festschrift fur Claus Nissen. 630.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
• 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.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta epithymum.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cuscuta epithymum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.:

• 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 del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Images:

• Seed: 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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