Cuscuta epithymum

TaxID: 186058

Basic Information

Cuscuta epithymum

Clover Dodder, clover dodder

Cuscuta epithymum (dodder, lesser dodder, hellweed, strangle-tare) is a parasitic plant assigned to the family Cuscutaceae or Convolvulaceae, depending on the taxonomy. It is red-pigmented, not being photosynthetically active. It has a filiform habit, like a group of yarns. Its leaves are very small, like flakes. Its flowers, disposed in little glomerules, have a white corolla, with the androecium welded to the corolla. In Eurasia, this species of dodder would often attach itself to the Conehead thyme (Thymus capitatus), taking on the plant's pungency. This gave rise to its specific name, which means upon thyme and from whence it also derived its host's Arabic name, al-?a?itrah.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta

epithymum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Cuscuta epithymum
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Cuscuta epithymum
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(c) Sophie Headland@BY-NC
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(c) Patrick Hacker@BY
Cuscuta epithymum
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(c) otto@BY-NC
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(c) Yago Carreño@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 (5 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Brazil A1 list 2018
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Iran Absent 2018
Nicaragua Absent —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —

Distribution (63 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_965620525.1 Scaffold 770 125 126 -
GCA_945859915.1 Contig 997 3310 3310 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR9250881 - - - 252363405 -
ERR9250882 - - - 297841355 -
ERR13802666 - - hermaphrodite and monoecious 33344811 -

DNA Barcodes (19 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VPSBC755-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1999-10-20 49.194, -122.886
TWSCU014-16 - ITS2 336 Canada 1955-09-20 -
POWNA207-10 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1941-08-29 51.672035, -4.706248
POWNA1738-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1956-08-01 52.74368, -3.885441
POWNA1735-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1943-07-27 51.5893, -2.77441
NLFLM315-12 - ITS 652 Netherlands 2011-06-20 52.463, 6.078
NLFLM1997-16 - ITS 550 Netherlands 2012-07-15 52.341, 5.901
ITSAF3996-14 - ITS2 205 Germany - 51.083046, 10.426171
ITSAF3995-14 - ITS2 205 Spain - 40.36501, -3.6516252
ITSAF3994-14 - ITS2 205 Spain - 40.36501, -3.6516252
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Literature