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Cuscuta approximata

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Identification
Cuscuta approximata Bab. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Cuscuta rhodesiana Yunck. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Yuncker,T.G.,
Related name
  • Cuscuta schiraziana
  • Cuscuta euphorbiae
  • Cuscuta urceolata
  • Cuscuta leucosphaera
  • Cuscuta microcephala
  • Cuscuta sp.
  • Cuscuta planiflora
  • Cuscuta alba
  • Cuscuta epithymum
  • Cuscuta minor
  • Cuscuta approximata
  • Cuscuta zizyphi-loti
  • Cuscuta balansae
  • Cuscuta rhodesiana

Flora

Entry for CUSCUTA planiflora (Bab.) Engelm. var. approximata [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1963) Author: B. VERDCOURT (East African Herbarium)
Names
CUSCUTA planiflora (Bab.) Engelm. var. approximata [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1 : 465 (1859). Type : a specimen cultivated in England, from seed from Afghanistan, Bentall (K, iso.!)
CUSCUTA approximata Bab. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13 : 253 (1844); Yuncker in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 18 : 295, fig. 158 (1932)
Information
Flowers in larger clusters than in var. planiflora. Calyx 3–4.5 mm. across when flattened out. Corolla 2–3 mm. long; lobes acute or rather obtuse. Styles and stigmas together about 1–1.3 mm. long; stigmas equalling or twice as long as the styles.
Range
DISTR. T4, 5 southern Europe and North Africa extending to Asia
Altitude range
1200 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kigoma District Malagarasi Swamps, S. of Nguruka Station, 26 Aug. 1952, Lowe 553 ! & Kitolo, about 22 km. N. of Nguruka, 7 Oct. 1949, Bally 7549 ! ;TANGANYIKA Dodoma District Chaya Lake, 14 Aug. 1932, B. D. Burtt 4584 !
Distribution (external)
; Northern Rhodesia ;

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