List of Cuscuta species

This is a list of the 216 accepted species in the genus Cuscuta:

Cuscuta species

• Cuscuta abyssinica <small>A.Rich.</small>
• Cuscuta acuta <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta acutiloba <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta africana <small>Willd.</small>
• Cuscuta alata <small>Brandegee</small>
• Cuscuta alatiloba <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta americana <small>L.</small>
• Cuscuta andina <small>Phil.</small>
• Cuscuta angulata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta appendiculata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta approximata <small>Bab.</small> - alfalfa dodder (Eurasia, Africa)
• Cuscuta argentinana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta atrans <small>Feinbrun</small>
• Cuscuta australis <small>R.Br.</small>
• Cuscuta azteca <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta babylonica <small>Aucher ex Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta balansae <small>Boiss. & Reut. ex Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta basarabica <small>Buia</small>
• Cuscuta bella <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta bifurcata<small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta blepharolepis <small>Welw. ex Hiern</small>
• Cuscuta boldinghii <small>Urb.</small>
• Cuscuta boliviana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta bonafortunae <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta brachycalyx <small>(Yunck.) Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta bracteata<small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta brevistyla <small>A.Braun ex A.Rich.</small>
• Cuscuta bucharica <small>Palib.</small>
• Cuscuta burrellii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta californica <small>Hook. & Arn.</small> - California dodder (western North America)
• Cuscuta callinema <small>Butkov</small>
• Cuscuta camelorum <small>Pavlov</small>
• Cuscuta campestris <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta capitata <small>Roxb.</small>
• Cuscuta carnosa <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta cassytoides <small>Nees ex Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta castroviejoi <small>M.A.García</small>
• Cuscuta ceanothi <small>Behr</small>
• Cuscuta cephalanthi <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta chapalana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta chilensis <small>Ker Gawl.</small>
• Cuscuta chinensis <small>Lam.</small>
• Cuscuta chittagongensis <small>Sengupta, M.S.Khan & Huq</small>
• Cuscuta choisiana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta cockerellii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta colombiana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta compacta <small>Juss. ex Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta convallariiflora <small>Pavlov</small>
• Cuscuta corniculata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta coryli <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta corymbosa <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small>
• Cuscuta costaricensis <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta cotijana <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta cozumeliensis <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta cristata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta cuspidata <small>Engelm. & A.Gray</small>
• Cuscuta decipiens <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta deltoidea <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta dentatasquamata <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta denticulata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta desmouliniana <small>Palib.</small>
• Cuscuta draconella <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta durangana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta elpassiana <small>Pavlov</small>
• Cuscuta epilinum <small>Weihe</small>
• Cuscuta epithymum <small>(L.) L.</small> – clover dodder (Eurasia, Africa)
• Cuscuta erosa <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta europaea <small>L.</small> – greater dodder (Europe)
• Cuscuta exaltata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta ferganensis <small>Butkov</small>
• Cuscuta flossdorfii <small>Hicken</small>
• Cuscuta foetida <small>Kunth</small>
• Cuscuta friesii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta gennesaretana <small>Sroëlov ex Feinbr. & S.Taub</small>
• Cuscuta gerrardii <small>Baker</small>
• Cuscuta gigantea <small>Griff.</small>
• Cuscuta glabrior <small>(Engelm.) Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta globiflora <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta globosa <small>Ridl.</small>
• Cuscuta globulosa <small>Benth.</small>
• Cuscuta glomerata <small>Choisy</small> - rope dodder (North America)
• Cuscuta goyaziana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta gracillima <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta grandiflora <small>Kunth</small>
• Cuscuta gronovii <small>Willd. ex Schult.</small>
• Cuscuta gymnocarpa <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta harperi <small>Small</small>
• Cuscuta haughtii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta haussknechtii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta hitchcockii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta howelliana <small>P.Rubtzov</small>
• Cuscuta hyalina <small>Roth ex Schult.</small>
• Cuscuta iguanella <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta incurvata <small>Progel</small>
• Cuscuta indecora <small>Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta insolita <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta insquamata <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta jalapensis <small>Schltdl.</small>
• Cuscuta japonica <small>Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta jepsonii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta karatavica <small>Pavlov</small>
• Cuscuta kilimanjari <small>Oliv.</small>
• Cuscuta kotschyana <small>Boiss.</small>
• Cuscuta krishnae <small>Udayan & Robi</small>
• Cuscuta kurdica <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta lacerata <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta legitima <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta lehmanniana <small>Bunge</small>
• Cuscuta leptantha <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta letourneuxii <small>Trab.</small>
• Cuscuta liliputana <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta lindsayi <small>Wiggins</small>
• Cuscuta longiloba <small>Yunck</small>
• Cuscuta lophosepala <small>Butkov</small>
• Cuscuta lucidicarpa <small>Yunck</small>
• Cuscuta lupuliformis <small>Krock.</small>
• Cuscuta macrocephala <small>Schaffner ex Yuncker</small>
• Cuscuta macrolepis <small>R.C.Fang & S.H.Huang</small>
• Cuscuta macvaughii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta maroccana <small>Trab.</small>
• Cuscuta membranacea <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta mesatlantica <small>Dobignard</small>
• Cuscuta mexicana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta micrantha <small>Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta microstyla <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta mitriformis <small>Engelm. ex Hemsl.</small>
• Cuscuta modesta <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta monogyna <small>Vahl</small>
• Cuscuta montana <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta natalensis <small>Baker</small>
• Cuscuta nevadensis <small>I.M.Johnst.</small>
• Cuscuta nitida <small>E.Mey. ex Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta nivea <small>M.A.García</small>
• Cuscuta obtusata <small>(Engelm.) Trab.</small>
• Cuscuta obtusiflora <small>Kunth</small>
• Cuscuta occidentalis <small>Millsp.</small>
• Cuscuta odontolepis <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta odorata <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small>
• Cuscuta orbiculata <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta ortegana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta pacifica <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small> – salt marsh dodder
• Cuscuta paitana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta palaestina <small>Boiss.</small>
• Cuscuta palustris <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta pamirica <small>Butkov</small>
• Cuscuta parodiana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta partita <small>Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta parviflora <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta pauciflora <small>Phil.</small>
• Cuscuta pedicellata <small>Ledeb.</small>
• Cuscuta pellucida <small>Butkov</small>
• Cuscuta pentagona <small>Engelm.</small> – golden dodder (United States)
• Cuscuta peruviana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta planiflora <small>Ten.</small>
• Cuscuta plattensis <small>A.Nelson</small>
• Cuscuta platyloba <small>Progel</small>
• Cuscuta polyanthemos <small>Schaffner ex Yuncker</small>
• Cuscuta polygonorum <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta potosina <small>Schaffner ex S.Watson</small>
• Cuscuta prismatica <small>Pav. ex Choisy</small>
• Cuscuta pulchella <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta punana <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta purpurata <small>Phil.</small>
• Cuscuta purpusii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta pusilla <small>Phil. ex Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta racemosa <small>Mart.</small>
• Cuscuta rausii <small>M.A.García</small>
• Cuscuta reflexa <small>Roxb.</small>
• Cuscuta rojasii <small>Hunz.</small>
• Cuscuta rostrata <small>Shuttlew. ex Engelm. & A.Gray</small>
• Cuscuta rostricarpa <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta rotundiflora <small>Hunz.</small>
• Cuscuta rubella <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta rugosiceps <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta runyonii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta ruschanica <small>Yunusov</small>
• Cuscuta rustica <small>Hunz</small>.
• Cuscuta salina <small>Engelm.</small> – salt marsh dodder (western United States)
• Cuscuta sandwichiana <small>Choisy</small> – Kaunaoa (Hawaii)
• Cuscuta santapaui <small>Banerji & S.Das</small>
• Cuscuta scandens <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta schlechteri <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta serrata <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta sharmanum <small>Mukerjee & P.K.Bhattach.</small>
• Cuscuta sidarum <small>Liebm.</small>
• Cuscuta somaliensis <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta squamata <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta stenocalycina <small>Palib.</small>
• Cuscuta stenolepis <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta strobilacea <small>Liebm.</small>
• Cuscuta suaveolens <small>Ser.</small>
• Cuscuta suksdorfii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta syrtorum <small>Arbajeva</small>
• Cuscuta taimensis <small>P.P.A.Ferreira & Dettke</small>
• Cuscuta tasmanica <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta tatei <small>Yunck</small>
• Cuscuta timida <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta timorensis <small>Decne. ex Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta tinctoria <small>Mart. ex Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta tolteca <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>
• Cuscuta trichostyla <small>Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta triumvirati <small>Lange</small>
• Cuscuta tuberculata <small>Brandegee</small>
• Cuscuta umbellata <small>Kunth</small>
• Cuscuta umbrosa <small>Beyr. ex Hook.</small>
• Cuscuta vandevenderi <small>Costea & M.A.R.Wright</small>.
• Cuscuta veatchii <small>Brandegee</small>
• Cuscuta victoriana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta violacea <small>Rajput & Syeda</small>
• Cuscuta volcanica <small>Costea & I.García</small>
• Cuscuta warneri <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta werdermannii <small>Hunz.</small>
• Cuscuta woodsonii <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta xanthochortos <small>Mart. ex Engelm.</small>
• Cuscuta yucatana <small>Yunck.</small>
• Cuscuta yunckeriana <small>Hunz.</small>

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