Cuscuta epithymum

Clover Dodder

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Species group: Plants

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Solanales

Family:

Cuscutaceae

Genus:

Cuscuta

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.:
China (Asia)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Distribution

Distribution: Throughout the range of the genus.

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Stem thin, purple, not interlaced, making a few spirals around the host stem. Leaves fleshy, oblong, acute-obtuse, slightly purple to brown, inflexed, c. 1 x c. 0.4 mm. Flowers in clusters of 4-5, sessile or subsessile, 22-25 mm. Bracts leaf-like. Calyx lobes 4, 1.8-2 x 1-1.5 mm, glossy, fleshy, elliptical to spathulate, with a prominent reticulate pattern, mostly obtuse or acute-obtuse, tips glandular, tube 1-12 mm long. Petals 1.8-2 x 1-12 mm, 4, broadly elliptical, membranous, with reticulate pattern, acute-obtuse or obtuse; tube c. 1 mm long; scales very thin, membranous, hard to see, fringed, c. 0.3 mm long. Stamens 4, sessile, free filaments obsolete, fused filaments prominent in the petals; anther oblong-elliptical, basifixed, light-brown, to dark-brown, c. 0.3 x c. 0.4 mm. Ovary globular, not depressed, fleshy, brown, with thick base, 2.5-3 x c. 0.4 mm, style linear, narrowing towards the apex, brown, 2.5-3 mm long; stigma linear, dark brown, c. 0.2 mm long; ovules 4, orbicular, light brown to yellow, c. 0.2 mm in diameter. Fruit not seen.

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Associations

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / gall
Cuscuta epithymum causes gall of Ulex
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / gall
Cuscuta epithymum causes gall of Calluna vulgaris

Foodplant / parasite
haustorium of Cuscuta epithymum parasitises stem of Eu-dicots

Foodplant / gall
larva of Smicronyx coecus causes gall of stem of Cuscuta epithymum

Foodplant / gall
larva of Smicronyx jungermanniae causes gall of stem of Cuscuta epithymum

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Cuscuta epithymum

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cuscuta epithymum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 4
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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NatureServe Explorer

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ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144389

Classification

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Dodder Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Solanales - Cuscutaceae - Cuscuta

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GNR

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Global Status Last Changed:

1994-03-22

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Clover Dodder

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Cuscuta epithymum

Clover Dodder

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Distribution

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United States

Distribution

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Description

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Associations

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Cuscuta epithymum

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cuscuta epithymum

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