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Convolvulaceae

Subfamily Convolvuloideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Cuscuta europea L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Dodder
  • Family: Convolvulaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin:
  • Habitat: previously assigned to Cuscutaceae

  • Description: holoparasite on various species.
  • Culture: Parasite - grow on Coleus, Impatiens etc. Surface sow near base of host plant.

Restrictions:

  • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800133
  • Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico
  • Accession Date: 09-17-1998
  • Bench: 6602 - BPB:6600:Bench 2
  • Qty: 4 confirmed on 08-21-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Convolvulaceae
  • SubFamily: Convolvuloideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Personal communication with Tim Devine, CSU-Chico 1998
  2. Background on the genus Cuscuta from Colin Purrington's lab at Swarthmore

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