Taxon: Cuscuta japonica Choisy

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A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS (as Cuscuta spp.).

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

TX*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Japanese dodder   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – English
  
• jin deng teng   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• nenashi-kazura   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: parasite   (fide Castanea 61:278. 1996)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Vietnam

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce.
• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• 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, 4:38.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta japonica.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cuscuta japonica.

Check other web resources for Cuscuta japonica Choisy:

• 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
• 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:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• 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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