Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta

Cuscuta approximata Bab.

First published in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 253 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to SW. Siberia and Indo-China, Arabian Peninsula, Eritrea to Zambia, N. America, Caribbean. It is a holoparasitic annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Guatemala

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Belarus, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Haiti, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Fiji, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Line Is., Madagascar, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nevada, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oregon, Poland, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., South Australia, Swaziland, Tuamotu, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Victoria, Western Australia, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Butkov, A.Y. (1974). Cuscuta in Fl. USSR. Flora of the USSR 19: 30-57. Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Cronquist, A. et al. in Cronquist, A., et al. (1984). Convolvulaceae. Intermountain Flora, vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A. 4: 74-84. New York Botanical garden.
  • Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain in Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Convolvulaceae. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 331-351. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la ville de Genève.
  • Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., & Long, G. (1986). Med-checklist 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae - Labiatae) 3: 1-395. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Ville de Genève.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 88-93.
  • Hitchcock, C.L. & A. Cronquist in Hitchcock, C.L. & A. Cronquist (1991). Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: 363-366. Univ. Washington Press.
  • Kartesz, J.T. in Kartesz, J.T. (1994). Convolvulaceae, Cuscutaceae. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland 1: 217-221-& 227-228. Timber Press.
  • Kitamura, S. in Kitamura, S. (1960). Fl. Afghanistan Convolvulaceae. Flora of Afghanistan 2: 309-313. Kyoto University.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Plitmann, U. in Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Cuscutaceae. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 222-237. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Trabut, L. (1907). Les Cuscutes du nord de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société de la France 53(sess. extr.): 34-43.
  • Valentine, D.H. et al. in Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Convolvulaceae. Flora Europaea 3: 74-83. Cambridge University Press.
  • Yuncker, T.G. & Rechinger, K.H. (1964). Cuscutaceae for Flora Iranica. Flora Iranica 8: 1-16. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Cuscutaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 8(1): 130-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cuscuta planiflora var approximata.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-161. [Cited as Cuscuta planiflora var approximata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Adams, C.D. in Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 601-614. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Al Khulaidi, A.W.A. in Al Khulaidi, A.W.A. (2012). Fl. Yemen Convolvulaceae + Cuscutaceae. Flora of Yemen: 73-76 + 80. EPA and UNDP, Republic of Yemen.
  • Austin, D. F. & M. Costea in Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, & M. J. Belgrano (2008). Convolvulaceae. Catálogo de las plantas vascualres del Cono Sur 2: 1936-1966. Missouri Bot. Garden.
  • Austin, D.F. in Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1161-1190. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Austin, D.F. in Lasser, T. (1982). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Venezuela 8(3): 15-226. Fundación Educación Ambiental.
  • Bosser, J. & H. Heine (2000). Fl. Mascar. Convolvulaceae. Flore des Mascareignes 127: 1-63. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Butkov, A.Y. (1974). Cuscuta in Fl. USSR. Flora of the USSR 19: 30-57. Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Carranza, E. (2007). Convolvulaceae I, in Fl. Bajío. Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes 151: 1-129.
  • Carranza, E. (2008). Convolvulaceae II. Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes 155: 1-107.
  • Correll, D.S. & M.C. Johnston in Correll, D.S. & M.C Johnston (1970). Cuscuta, in Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas: 1255-1261. Texas Research Foundation.
  • Cronquist, A. et al. in Cronquist, A., et al. (1984). Convolvulaceae. Intermountain Flora, vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A. 4: 74-84. New York Botanical garden.
  • Deroin, T. (2001). Convolvulaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 171: 11-287. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Fernald & Rollins in Fernald, M.L. with R. C. Rollins (1950). Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th edition: 1177-1185. Dioscorides Press.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet. M.-H. (1977). Flora of Micronesia 3: Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 36: 1-34.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Convolvulaceae. Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 491-503. ORSTOM éditions.
  • Getachew Aweke & S. Edwards (2006). 159B. Cuscutaceae. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 232-234. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Cuscutaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 8(1): 130-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., & Long, G. (1986). Med-checklist 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae - Labiatae) 3: 1-395. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Ville de Genève.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 88-93.
  • Heine, H. (1984). Fl. Nouv. Caléd. & Dépend. Convolvulaceae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 13: 1-91. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Heine, H. in Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 2: 335-352 + 496. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.
  • Hitchcock, C.L. & A. Cronquist in Hitchcock, C.L. & A. Cronquist (1991). Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: 363-366. Univ. Washington Press.
  • Johnson, R.W. (2012). Convolvulaceae. Australian Plant Census Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria.
  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. in Leon, H. (1957). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Cuba 4: 218-248. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Liogier, A.H. in Liogier, A. H. (1994). Convolvulaceae. La flora de la Española 6: 49-114. Universidad Central del Este.
  • Liogier, H.A. & L.F. Martorell in Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis: 162-167. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
  • Long, R. W. & O. Lakela in Long, R. W. & O. Lakela (1976). Convolvulaceae. A flora of tropical Florida: 711-724. Banyan Books.
  • Martin, W.C. & C.R. Hutchins in Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins (1981). Convolvulaceae. A flora of New Mexico 2: 1546-1569.
  • Meeuse, A.D.J. & W.G. Welman (2000). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Southern Africa 28: 1-138. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora Cyprus CNV. Flora of Cyprus 2: 1166-1179. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mill, R.R. (1999). Fl. Bhutan Cuscutaceae. Flora of Bhutan 2(2): 862-865. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland (1953). Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana 4: 388-512. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Plitmann, U. in Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Cuscutaceae. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 222-237. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Powell, Dulcie A. (1979). The Convolvulaceae of the Lesser Antilles. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60: 219-271.
  • Smith, A.C. in Smith, A.C. (1991). Fl. Vitiensis Nova Convolvulaceae. Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 41-69. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (1970). Convolvulaceae. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24 (9: 1,2): 4-85. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Staples, G. (with P. Traiperm) (2010). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Thailand 10: 330-468. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Valentine, D.H. et al. in Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Convolvulaceae. Flora Europaea 3: 74-83. Cambridge University Press.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-161.
  • Voss, E.G. in Voss, E.G. (1996). Convolvulaceae. Michigan Flora, part III, Dicots 3: 95-104. Cranbrook Institute of Science.
  • Webb, C.J., W.R. Sykes, & P.J. Garnock-Jones (1988). Fl. New Zealand Convolvulaceae - naturalised. Flora of New Zealand 4: 547-560+1289. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.
  • Wiggins, I.L. in Wiggins, I.L. (1980). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Baja California: 373-385. Stanford Univ. Press.
  • Yuncker, T.G. & Rechinger, K.H. (1964). Cuscutaceae for Flora Iranica. Flora Iranica 8: 1-16. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1932). The genus Cuscuta. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 18: 113-331. New York Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1962 Welwitsch, F.M.J. [s.n.] Portugal K000852518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 8, 1926 Orphanides, T.G. [518] Greece K000852514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 8, 1926 Orphanides, T.G. [518] Greece K000852515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Godron, D.A. [s.n.] France K000852520 Unknown Type Material Yes
Guicciardi, J. [s.n.] Greece K000852517 Unknown Type Material Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [517] Greece K000852516 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [s.n.] Portugal K000852519 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [118] Iran K000852594 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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