Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cuscuta acuta Engelm.

parásita de Galápagos

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Solanales

Family
Convolvulaceae

Genus
Cuscuta

Species
acuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Taxon origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

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  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • Nowak, J.B. (1987) Final report on studies in burnt area, Sierra Negra, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
  • Abbott, I. Abbott, L.K. (1973) New distribution records of 65 plant species within the Galapagos Archipelago. Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), unpublished.
  • Mauchamp, A. (1995) Informe de viaje de campo a Darwin y Wolf. Inventario sistematico de la flora y fauna de las islas. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
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  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Schönitzer, K. (1975) Galápagos Plants. Privately Published, Quito: 1-43.
  • Andersson, N.J. (1861-1862) Ueber Die Vegetation der Galapagos-Inseln Linnaea 31: 571-631
  • Beliz, T. (1986) A revision of Cuscuta sect. Cleistogrammica using phenetic and cladistic analyses with a comparison of reproductive mechanisms and host preferences in species from California, Mexico, and Central America. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A
  • Beliz, T. (1986) A revision of Cuscuta sect. Cleistogrammica using phenetic and cladistic analyses with a comparison of reproductive mechanisms and host preferences in species from California, Mexico, and Central America.
  • Chen, W. Dugan, F.M. & McGee, R. (2014) First report of dodder (Cuscuta pentagona) on chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in the United States. Pl. Dis. 98: 165–165.
  • Costea, M. Stefanović, S. (2009) Cuscuta jepsonii (Convolvulaceae), an invasive weed or an extinct endemic? Amer. J. Bot. 96: 1744–1750.
  • Costea, M. Stefanović, S. (2010) Evolutionary history and taxonomy of the Cuscuta umbellata complex (Convolvulaceae): Evidence of extensive hybridization from discordant nuclear and plastid phylogenies. Taxon 59: 1783–1800.
  • Costea, M. Tardif, J.F. (2006) Biology of Canadian weeds. Cuscuta campestris Yuncker, C. gronovii Willd. ex Schult., C. umbrosa Beyr. ex Hook., C. epithymum (L.) L. and C. epilinum Weihe. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 86: 293–316.
  • Costea, M. Nesom, G.L. & Stefanović, S. 2006. (2006) Taxonomy of the Cuscuta pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) in North America. Sida 22: 151–175
  • Costea, M. Wright, M.A.R. & Stefanović, S. (2009) Untangling the systematics of salt marsh dodders: Cuscuta pacifica a new segregate species from Cuscuta salina (Convolvulaceae). Syst. Bot. 34:787–795.
  • Costea, M. García Ruiz, I. & Stefanović, S. (2011) Systematics of “horned” dodders: Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, and two new species within the Cuscuta chapalana complex (Convolvulaceae). Botany 89: 715–730.
  • Costea, M. Spence, I. & Stefanović, S. (2011) Systematics of Cuscuta chinensis species complex (subgenus Grammica, Convolvulaceae): Evidence for long-distance dispersal and one new species. Organisms Diversity Evol. 11: 373–386.
  • Costea, M. García Ruiz, I., Docksteder, K. & Stefanović, S. (2013) More problems despite bigger flowers: Systematics of Cuscuta tinctoria clade (subgenus Grammica, Convolvulaceae) with description of six new species. Syst. Bot. 4: 1160–1187.
  • Costea, M. García, M.A. & Stefanović, S. (2015) A phylogenetically based infrageneric classification of the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae). Syst. Bot. 40: 269–285.
  • Costea, M. García, M.A., Baute, K. & Stefanović, S. (2015) (2403) Proposal to conserve Cuscuta campestris against C. gymnocarpa (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 64: 1325–1326.
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