"Dodder" redirects here. For the river in Dublin, see River Dodder.
This article is about a genus in the family Convolvulaceae. Not to be confused with a similar-looking, unrelated genus Cassytha, in the Lauraceae.
Cuscuta
Cuscuta europaea on Sambucus ebulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Cuscuteae
Genus:
Cuscuta L.
Species
See list
Cuscuta
Cuscuta (/kʌsˈkjuːtə/), commonly known as dodder or amarbel, is a genus of over 201 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.[1] The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates, with only four species native to northern Europe.[2]
Folk names include strangle tare, strangleweed, scaldweed, beggarweed,[3] lady's laces, fireweed,[4] wizard's net, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, angel hair, and witch's hair.[5]
^Stefanovic, S.; Olmstead, R. G. (2004). "Testing the phylogenetic position of a parasitic plant (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae, Asteridae): Bayesian inference and the parametric bootstrap on data drawn from three genomes". Systematic Biology. 53 (3): 384–99. doi:10.1080/10635150490445896. PMID 15503669.
^Costea, M. (2007). "Digital Atlas of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)". Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Herbarium. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Cuscuta has a major role in ayurveda also. Cuscuta is a traditional medicine in China, India, etc.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^Davidson, Tish; Frey, Rebecca (2005). "Cuscuta". Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine.
^Cunningham, Scott (2012). Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. p. 149. ISBN 9780738717135.
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Cuscuta reflexa, the giant dodder or ulan ulan, is one of 100-170 species in the genus Cuscuta, belonging to the Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)...
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Cuscuta europaea, the greater dodder or European dodder, is a parasitic plant native to Europe, which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae, but was formerly...
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Cuscuta chinensis Lam. is a stem holoparasite vine in the family Convolvulaceae. It was first described in China in 1786. C. chinensis is a thin, yellow...
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Cuscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) in the Sonoran Desert of the...
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Cuscuta compacta, the compact dodder, is a parasitic plant that specializes on woody plants. This species is distributed across the Eastern and Midwestern...
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Cuscuta monogyna, the eastern dodder, is a species of annual herb in the family Convolvulaceae. They are climbers and have simple, broad leaves. This...
Cuscuta epilinum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. Its native range is Iran to Central Asia. "Cuscuta epilinum Weihe...
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Cuscuta babylonica is a species of parasitic plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. It is found in Iraq and Turkmenistan. The plant shows...
directly, when they twine from one plant to another, parasitic plants such as Cuscuta and Cassytha have been shown to convey phytoplasmal and viral diseases...
wind"). The leaves are simple and alternate, without stipules. In parasitic Cuscuta (dodder) they are reduced to scales. The fruit can be a capsule, berry...
Cuscuta coryli, synonym Grammica coryli, common name hazel dodder, is a perennial plant in the Cuscutaceae family native to North America. It is listed...
and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as Cuscuta. There are many plants that have tendrils; including sweet peas, passionflower...
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