Taxon: Cuscuta indecora Choisy

 
Genus: Cuscuta
Family: Convolvulaceae
      Tribe: Cuscuteae
Nomen number: 12685
Place of publication: Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9:278, t. 3, fig. 3. 1842 (Convolv. diss. tert.)
Name Verified on: 07-Sep-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-Mar-2017
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • large-seed dodder  (Source: AH 505) - English
  • cipó-de-chumbo  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
  • espaguete  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
  • fios-de-ovos  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
  • tinge-ovos  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic Importance:

  • Weed: parasite (fide Atlas WWeed)
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Atlas WWeed)

Distributional Range:

    Native:

  • Northern America

    • North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, - Iowa, - Kansas, - Minnesota, - Missouri, - Nebraska, - North Dakota, - Oklahoma, - South Dakota
    • Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, - Michigan, - New Jersey, - West Virginia
    • Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, - Coahuila, - Nuevo Leon, - Sinaloa, - Sonora, - Tamaulipas, - Zacatecas
    • Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, - Idaho, - Montana, - Washington, - Wyoming
    • South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, - Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, - Arkansas, - Florida, - Georgia, - Kentucky, - Louisiana, - Maryland, - Mississippi, - North Carolina, - South Carolina, - Tennessee, - Virginia
    • Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, - Jalisco, - Mexico, - Michoacan, - Puebla, - Queretaro, - Tabasco, - Veracruz, - Yucatan
    • Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, - California, - Nevada, - Utah
    • Western Canada: Canada - Saskatchewan

  • Southern America

    • Caribbean: Barbados; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
    • Central America: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Nicaragua
    • Northern South America: Venezuela - Bolivar
    • Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay - Guaira
    • Western South America: Colombia

    • Naturalized:

  • Southern America

    • Brazil: Brazil - Parana
    • Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay - Alto Paraguay

References:

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  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 (F Tex)
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  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
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Images:

  • Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image