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Cuscuta americana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Cuscuta (family Convolvulaceae).

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 8500652) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1: 124 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267279-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cuscuta americana var. congesta (Benth.) Progel	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta americana var. spectabilis (Choisy) Progel	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta congesta Benth.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta graveolens Kunth	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta leiolepis Miq.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta spectabilis Choisy	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Cuscuta surinamensis Schill.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-8500652, and has not been changed.