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Cuscuta californica (chaparral dodder; California dodder)

Synonyms: Cuscuta acuminata (heterotypic); Cuscuta californica var. californica; Cuscuta californica var. graciliflora; Cuscuta californica var. longiloba; Grammica californica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cuscuta californica is a species of dodder known by the common names Chaparral dodder and California dodder. It is native to western North America.
View Wikipedia Record: Cuscuta californica

Infraspecies

Cuscuta californica var. apiculata
Cuscuta californica var. breviflora
Cuscuta californica var. papillosa

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Providers

Parasite of 
Eriogonum fasciculatum (flattop buckwheat)[2]
Malosma laurina (laurel sumac)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0