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The genus Cuscuta is in the family Convolvulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cuscuta

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cuscuta acuta Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta acutiloba Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta africana Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta americana L.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta andina Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta angulata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta applanata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta approximata Bab.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta australis R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta balansae Boiss. & Reut. ex Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta bella Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta boldinghii Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta brachycalyx (Yunck.) Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta bucharica Palib.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta campestris Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta capitata Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cassytoides Nees ex Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta ceanothi Behr	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cephalanthi Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cesatiana Bertol.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta chapalana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta chinensis Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta choisiana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cockerellii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta compacta Juss.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta convallariiflora Pavlov	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta corniculata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta coryli Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta corymbosa Juss. ex Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta costaricensis Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cozumeliensis Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta croymbosa Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta curta (Engelm.) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta decipiens Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta deltoidea Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta dentatasquamata Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta denticulata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta desmouliniana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta durangana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta epilinum Weihe	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta epithymum Murray	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta erosa Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta europaea L.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta fasciculata Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta foetida Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta friesii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta gerrardii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta gigantea Griff.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta glabrior (Engelm.) Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta globiflora Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta globularis Bertol.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta globulosa Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta glomerata Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta gracillima Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta grandiflora Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Schult.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta gymnocarpa Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta haughtii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta hitchcockii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta hyalina Roth	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta incurvata Progel	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta indecora Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta indica (Engelm.) Petrov ex Butkov	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta jalapensis Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta japonica Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta kotschyana Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lacerata Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lehmanniana Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta leptantha Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lindsayi Wiggins	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lophosepala Butkov	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lucidacarpa Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta macrocephala W. Schaffn. ex Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta macrolepis R.C. Fang & S.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta macvaughii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta membranacea Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta mexicana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta mitriformis Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta monogyna Vahl	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta nitida E. Mey. ex Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta obtusata Trab.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta odontolepis Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta odorata Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta ortegana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta paitana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta palaestina Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta pamirica Butkov	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta papillosa (Engelm.) H. Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta pauciflora Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta pedicellata Ledeb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta peruviana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta planiflora Ten.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta platyloba Progel	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta polyanthemos W. Schaffn. ex Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta potosina W. Schaffn. ex S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta prismatica Pav. ex Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta purpurata Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta purpusii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta pusilla Phil. ex Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta rojasii Hunziker	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta rotundiflora Hunz.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta rubella Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta rugosiceps Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta saccharata (Engelm.) Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta salina Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta serruloba Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta squamata Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta stenolepis Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta strobilacea Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta suaveolens Ser.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta tianschanica Palib.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta tinctoria Mart. ex Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta tinei Insenga	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta tuberculata Brandegee	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta umbellata Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta veatchii Brandegee	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta werdermannii Hunz.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta woodsonii Yunck.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta xanthochortos Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Cuscuta yucatana Yunck.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 334 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cuscuta. Of these 127 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 128 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cuscuta. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 334 species names for the genus Cuscuta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	127	38.0%
◕	Synonym	130	38.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	77	23.1%

All names

The status of the 462 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cuscuta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	161	34.8%
◕	Synonym	221	47.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	80	17.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 334 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cuscuta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	127	129	0	0	256	76.6%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	77	78	23.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cuscuta, are as follows: