Accepted scientific name:
Cuscuta approximata (accepted name)
Synonyms: -
Infraspecific taxon: Cuscuta approximata subsp. approximata Bab.
Cuscuta approximata subsp. episonchum (Webb & Berth.) Feinbrun
Cuscuta approximata subsp. macranthera (Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.) Feinbrun & W. Greuter
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Alfalfa dodder - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Solanales CoL
Family Convolvulaceae CoL
Genus Cuscuta CoL
Distribution: Albania, Corsica, France, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Crimea, C-European Russia, Ukraine, E-European Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, ?Sweden, England (introduced), Bulgaria (introduced), Germany (introduced), Hungary (introduced), Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), E-Aegaean Isl., Egypt (Nile Delta), Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran: Mts., NW-Iran: Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran: Mts., S-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Israel (N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Sinai peninsula (Southern Sinai), Afghanistan, Pakistan (Baluchistan, Chitral, Kurram, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir, Dras, Ladakh), India, Algeria, Morocco, C-Asia, China (Xinjiang), N-Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Teneriffa), Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.), USA (introduced) (California (introduced), Colorado (introduced), Idaho (introduced), Montana (introduced), North Dakota (introduced), Nebraska (introduced), New Mexico (introduced), Nevada (introduced), Oregon (introduced), Utah (introduced), Washington State (introduced), Wyoming (introduced)), Canada (introduced) (British Columbia (introduced))
Lifezones: -
Additional data: Binomial generated by Sp2000
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:21b23772-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401