Cuscuta

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Distribution
Cuscuta (rights holder: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings)© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

Dodder

Twining, annual or perennial, parasitic herbs without chlorophyll, attached to the host by numerous haustoria. Stems slender, whitish, yellowish or reddish. Leaves alternate, reduced to minute scales or 0. Flowers in dense, ± sessile, spherical clusters, 4-5-merous. Sepals fused at base. Corolla usually white or pink, with 4-5-lobes fused below, usually with a whorl of scales inside the tube oppos... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Convolvulaceae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
1.17%
2 of 171 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
4b7dd823-41b2-4b27-a4cd-7a42888f1141
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility