List of Cuscuta species

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

Cuscuta species



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