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Cuscuta planiflora

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Identification
Cuscuta planiflora Ten. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Cuscuta rostricarpa Yunck. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Yuncker,T.G.,
Related name
  • Cuscuta brevistyla
  • Cuscuta triumvirati
  • Cuscuta rostricarpa
  • Cuscuta microcephala
  • Cuscuta sp.
  • Cuscuta madagascarensis
  • Cuscuta planfiflora
  • Cuscuta pulverulenta
  • Cuscuta planiflora
  • Cuscuta alba
  • Cuscuta epiplocamum
  • Cuscuta epithymum
  • Cuscuta epispartos
  • Cuscuta pretoniana
  • Cuscuta godroniana
  • Cuscuta approximata
  • Cuscuta maroccana

Flora

Entry for Cuscuta planiflora [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Cuscuta planiflora [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Information
Stems slender to medium, up to 0.3 mm wide, yellowish or crimson. Inflorescences ± compact clusters. Flowers up to 3 mm long, usually whitish, subsessile, somewhat fleshy. Calyx almost enclosing corolla tube or shorter, broadly campanulate; lobes fleshy or turgid, obtuse or acute. Corolla campanulate-globose; lobes almost acute or slightly obtuse, membra­nous or turgid at apices, ± equalling tube or shorter, spreading. Scales usually oblong, almost reaching stamens or shorter, fringed, usually bifid, bridged low down or at middle. Stamens shorter than corolla lobes; filaments ± equalling or longer than anthers. Ovary glo­bose; styles longer or shorter than stigmas, slen­der; stigmas slender. Capsule depressed-glo­bose, markedly splitting around base. Seeds ovoid, granulate, mostly shorter than 1 mm.
Use
14. Cuscuta planiflora Ten. in Flora na-politana ossia descrizione delle piante ... 3: 250, t. 220, fig. 3 (1824-29); Baker & Rendle: 203 (1905-06); Yunck.: 292, fig. 157 (1932); Verde: 9 (1963a); Roessler: 1 (1967b); Gone.: 134 (1987); Lejoly & Lisowski: 9 (1993a); Retief & BP.J.Herman: 382 (1997). Type: Italy, Naples, Tenore s.n. (MO, iso.).

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