kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
family: Convolvulaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Cuscutoideae Burnett >
genus: Cuscuta L. >
species: Cuscuta planiflora Ten. >
Sicily; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya, Egypt; Jordania; Iran