Cuscuta

Taxonomy ID: 4128 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:4128)

current name

Cuscuta  L., 1753

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Convolvulaceae; Cuscuteae

Comments and References:

Flora of China - Convolvulaceae Ruizheng Fang & George Staples. Convolvulaceae A. L. Jussieu. In Wu, Z. Y. & P. H. Raven, eds. 1995. Flora of China. Vol. 16 (Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. 479 pp. (online version)

Costea M et al. 2015b Costea M, Garcia MA and Stefanovic S. 2015. A phylogenetically based infrageneric classification of the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Dodders, Convolvulaceae). Systematic Botany 40(1): 269-285.

Stefanovic S et al. 2003 Stefanovic S, Austin DF and Olmstead RG. 2003. Classification of Convolvulaceae: A phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 28(4): 791-806.

Stefanovic S et al. 2002 Stefanovic S, Krueger L and Olmstead RG. 2002. Monophyly of the Convolvulaceae and circumscription of their major lineages based on DNA sequences of multiple chloroplast loci. Amer. J Botany 89(9): 1510-1522.