Convolvulaceae Juss.
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. in Murray, J.A. (ed.) (1774), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 13]:
140
[comb. et stat. nov.]
basionym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
[Woolls, W. (1867), Notes on introduced plants occurring in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10]:
38
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1]:
535
[secondary reference]
[Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26]:
236
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
219
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dodder
[n/a]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
353
[secondary reference]
common name:
The Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3]:
469
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1929), Additions and Corrections. Flora of South Australia 4]:
698
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4]:
706, Fig. 1005
[secondary reference]
[Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3]:
501
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
106
[secondary reference]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
143
[secondary reference]
[Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2]:
345
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
common name:
Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cuscutaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
541
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3]:
375
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
[Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Cuscutaceae. Flora of Victoria 4]:
376, Fig. 73a
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
common name:
Common Dodder
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2]:
569
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
misapplication:
Cuscuta europaea L.
legitimate
by [Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]: 143
-
APC Comment:
Former records from Qld were based on poor specimens which are now considered unidentifiable but probably not this species (A.E.Holland, pers. comm. (2006)).
-
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2]:
296-297, photos 8-10
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lesser Dodder
[n/a]
[de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island]:
34
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L.
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Cuscuta racemosa Mart.
legitimate
by [Ewart, A.J. (1916), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 23. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 28(2)]: 217
pro parte misapplication:
Cuscuta racemosa Mart.
legitimate
by [Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Cuscutaceae. Flora of Victoria 4]: 379, Fig. 73h
misapplication:
Cuscuta europaea L.
legitimate
by [Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]: 143
-
APC Comment:
Former records from Qld were based on poor specimens which are now considered unidentifiable but probably not this species (A.E.Holland, pers. comm. (2006)).
-
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)