Flora of North America species comparison

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Cuscuta approximata

Cuscuta obtusiflora

alfalfa dodder, cluster dodder, smallseed alfalfa dodder, smoothseed alfalfa dodder

Peruvian dodder

Cuscuta approximata

Cuscuta obtusiflora
Distribution
from USDA
Europe; Asia; n Africa; Atlantic Islands [Introduced in North America]
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from USDA
United States; Mexico; South America; West Indies
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Variety episonchum (Webb & Berthelot) Yuncker is known from western Europe, northern Africa, and Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands); var. schiraziana (Boissier) Yuncker is known from Europe and northern Africa.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Variety obtusiflora is known from South America.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > subg. Cuscuta Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > subg. Grammica
Sibling taxa
C. americana, C. azteca, C. boldinghii, C. brachycalyx, C. californica, C. campestris, C. cephalanthi, C. chinensis, C. compacta, C. coryli, C. cuspidata, C. dentatasquamata, C. denticulata, C. draconella, C. epilinum, C. epithymum, C. erosa, C. europaea, C. exaltata, C. glabrior, C. glomerata, C. gronovii, C. harperi, C. howelliana, C. indecora, C. japonica, C. jepsonii, C. legitima, C. leptantha, C. liliputana, C. mitriformis, C. nevadensis, C. obtusiflora, C. occidentalis, C. odontolepis, C. pacifica, C. pentagona, C. plattensis, C. polygonorum, C. rostrata, C. runyonii, C. salina, C. squamata, C. suaveolens, C. subinclusa, C. suksdorfii, C. tuberculata, C. umbellata, C. umbrosa, C. warneri
C. americana, C. approximata, C. azteca, C. boldinghii, C. brachycalyx, C. californica, C. campestris, C. cephalanthi, C. chinensis, C. compacta, C. coryli, C. cuspidata, C. dentatasquamata, C. denticulata, C. draconella, C. epilinum, C. epithymum, C. erosa, C. europaea, C. exaltata, C. glabrior, C. glomerata, C. gronovii, C. harperi, C. howelliana, C. indecora, C. japonica, C. jepsonii, C. legitima, C. leptantha, C. liliputana, C. mitriformis, C. nevadensis, C. occidentalis, C. odontolepis, C. pacifica, C. pentagona, C. plattensis, C. polygonorum, C. rostrata, C. runyonii, C. salina, C. squamata, C. suaveolens, C. subinclusa, C. suksdorfii, C. tuberculata, C. umbellata, C. umbrosa, C. warneri
Subordinate taxa
C. approximata var. approximata
C. obtusiflora var. glandulosa
Name authority Babington: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 253, plate 4, fig. 3. (1844) Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.: Nov. Gen. Sp. 3(fol.): 96; 3(qto.): 122. (1819)
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