Cuscuta chinensis

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cuscuteae
Genus: Cuscuta
Subgenus: C. subg. Grammica

Species: Cuscuta chinensis
Varietates: C. c. var. applanata – C. c. var. chinensis

Name

Cuscuta chinensis Lam., Encycl. 2: 229 (1786).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Pentake chinense (Lam.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 90 (1838).
- Grammica chinensis (Lam.) Hadac & Chrtek, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 445 (1970).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Russian Far East, Ryukyu Isl., Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, S-Iran), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia)
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Bangladesh, India, Pakistan (Sind), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Malesia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
Continental: Australasia
- Australia (Queensland)
Continental: Africa
- Sudan, Eritrea, Socotra, Djibouti, Egypt (SE-Egypt)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1786–1788. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 2. 774 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 2:229.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuscuta chinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Cuscuta chinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuscuta chinensis. Published online. Accessed: November 06 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cuscuta chinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 November 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuscuta chinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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