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June 2022

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genus

Cuscuta L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 124 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010113.

Synonyms of Cuscuta

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anthanema Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 90 (1838) wfo-4000002375
Aplostylis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838) wfo-4000002688
Dactylepis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838) wfo-4000010805
Epilinella Pfeiff. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 673 (1845) wfo-4000013607
Epithymum Opiz Seznam : 40 (1852) wfo-4000013653
Eronema Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838) wfo-4000013928
Grammica Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 170 (1790) wfo-4000016133
Kadula Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 90 (1838) wfo-4000019764
Kadurias Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838) wfo-4000019765
Lepimenes Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838) wfo-4000021159
Monogynella Des Moul. Étud. Cuscut. : 65 (1853) wfo-4000024711
Nemepis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838) wfo-4000025558
Pentake Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 90 (1838) wfo-4000028588
Pfeifferia Buching. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 5: 88 (1846) wfo-4000029016
Buchingera F.W.Schultz Jahrb. Pharm. 14: 170 (1847) wfo-4000043621
Cassutha [J.Bauh.] Étud. Cuscut. : 66 (1853) wfo-4000043624
Dactylepis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838) wfo-4000043628

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cuscuta:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cuscuta australis var. reducta F.Muell. Plants Indigenous around Sharks Bay and its Vicinity 1883 wfo-0001392568
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cuscuta epithymum Murray Systema Vegetabilium 1784 wfo-0001350214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cuscuta sandvicensis var. mimosae Hook.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 205. 1847 wfo-0001399733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cuscuta scandens subsp. cesatiana (Bertol.) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 12(2): 194. 1982 wfo-0001368882