Cuscuta umbellata

TaxID: 184473

Basic Information

Cuscuta umbellata

Flatglobe Dodder

Cuscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States. After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta

umbellata

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Cuscuta umbellata
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(c) Jared Shorma@BY
Cuscuta umbellata
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(c) C. Mallory@BY-NC
Cuscuta umbellata
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(c) Jaxon Lane@BY-NC
Cuscuta umbellata
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(c) unknown@CC0
Cuscuta umbellata
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(c) Ana Gatica Colima@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018

Distribution (13 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Brazil Present —
China Present —
Cabo Verde Present —
Cuba Present —
France Present —
Guyana Present —
Jamaica Present —
Mexico Present —
Panama Present —
Peru Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (6 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBITS60861-21 - ITS 600 - - -
GBITS53317-21 - ITS 588 - - -
GBITS53316-21 - ITS 619 Cabo Verde - -
GBITS53315-21 - ITS 556 - - -
GBITS53314-21 - ITS 609 - - -
GBITS53313-21 - ITS 600 - - -

Literature