kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
family: Convolvulaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Cuscutoideae Burnett >
genus: Cuscuta L. >
USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)