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Cuscuta
Genus

Full scientific name

Cuscuta L.

Number of records
209
Currently classified as a weed
No

This genus is in the family:

Convolvulaceae
Family

The genus Cuscuta includes:

Cuscuta approximata
Species
Common names
small-seed
Cuscuta campestris
Species
Common names
golden dodder
field dodder
Cuscuta epilinum
Species
Cuscuta epithymum
Species
Common names
dodder
clover dodder
Cuscuta europaea
Species
Common names
large dodder
Cuscuta gronovii
Species
Common names
dodder
swamp dodder
Cuscuta indecora
Species
Common names
dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
Species
Common names
dodder
field dodder
Cuscuta planiflora
Species
Cuscuta suaveolens
Species
Common names
lucerne dodder
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