Taxon:
Cuscuta americana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:124. 1753
Verified:
01/21/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
American dodder – Spanish
fideo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | North St. Martin | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | Saba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | St. Eustatius | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Tortola | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Virgin Gorda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles [Saba, St. Eustatius], Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe [North St. Martin], Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola, Virgin Gorda]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí], Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Jujuy]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Costea, M. 2011. Review of Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta) data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 20 Dec. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | parasite | | Costea, M. 2011. Review of Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta) data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 20 Dec. |