Cuscuta pentagona
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| Cuscuta pentagona flowers | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Cuscuta |
| Species: | C. pentagona |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. | |
Cuscuta pentagona, the fiveangled dodder, is a parasitic plant which is placed in the family Convolvulaceae, but was formerly classified in the family Cuscutaceae. It is a parasite of a wide range of herbaceous plants but is most important as a pest of lucerne and other legumes.
It is native to North America, and unlike the closely related C. campestris has not become established on other continents.[1]
References
- ↑ Costea, M.; Nesom, G.L.; Stefanović, S. (2006). "Taxonomy of the Cuscuta pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) in North America". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22 (1): 151–175. JSTOR 41968566.
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