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Cuscuta africana

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Name

Identification
Cuscuta alpestris Fourc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cuscuta africana Willd. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cuscuta capensis
  • Cuscuta americana
  • Cuscuta unrecorded
  • Cuscuta not on sheet
  • Cuscuta gerrardii
  • Cuscuta alpestris
  • Cuscuta angulata
  • Cuscuta africana

Flora

Entry for CUSCUTA angulata Engelm. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 45, (1904) Author: By J. G. BAKERand C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
CUSCUTA angulata Engelm. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Trans. Acad. Sc. St. Louis, i. 474
CUSCUTA africana Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Cuscut. Enum. 176, and in DC. Prod. ix. 454, partly; Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 80
CUSCUTA falkiiformis Schlechter [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 449..
Information
stem filiform; flowers 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long, 1 3/4 lin. wide when expanded, in short cymes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate; pedicels longer than the flowers; calyx 5-angled, deeply 5-lobed; lobes broadly ovate, obtuse; corolla widely campanulate; lobes ovate, obtuse; anthers obtuse, deeply cordate at the base, about as long as the filaments; scales ovate, fimbriate, incurved, slightly longer than the corolla-tube; ovary depressed-globose; stigmas cylindrical or subclavate, shorter than the style. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; Wynberg, Harvey! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000–3000 ft., Drège! Caledon Div.; Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7792! Onrust River, 1500 ft., Schlechter, 9506! Houw Hoek, Schlechter, 7381!

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