Cuscuta
| Dodder |
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| Scientific classification |
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| Species |
- C. americana
- C. applanata
- C. approximata
- C. attenuata
- C. boldinghii
- C. brachycalyx
- C. californica
- C. cassytoides
- C. ceanothi
- C. cephalanthi
- C. compacta
- C. coryli
- C. corylii
- C. cuspidata
- C. decipiens
- C. dentatasquamata
- C. denticulata
- C. epilinum
- C. epithymum
- C. erosa
- C. europaea
- C. exaltata
- C. fasciculata
- C. globulosa
- C. glomerata
- C. gronovii
- C. harperi
- C. howelliana
- C. indecora
- C. indesora
- C. japonica
- C. jepsoni
- C. leptantha
- C. megalocarpa
- C. mitriformis
- C. obtusiflora
- C. odontolepis
- C. pentagona
- C. plattensis
- C. polygonorum
- C. potosina
- C. potosona
- C. reflexa
- C. rostrata
- C. runyonii
- C. salina
- C. sandwichiana
- C. squamata
- C. suaveolens
- C. suksdorfii
- C. tuberculata
- C. umbellata
- C. vivipara
- C. warneri
Ref: ITIS 30710
as of 2002-05-30
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Dodder (
Cuscuta) is a
parasitic plant, the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae (sometimes placed in the family
Convolvulaceae) in the order
Solanales. A dodder seed sprouts, grows a short root and a long stem, and starts searching for a host. When it finds one, it twines around the host stem and sends roots in, called haustoria. It grows branches, which twine around neighboring stems, resulting in what looks like a mess of spaghetti. Dodder has no
chlorophyll, so it must find a host or die.
The Dodder (Irish
An Dothra), is also the name of a
Dublin,
Ireland river which flows from Tallaght through Templeogue,
Milltown, Clonskeagh,
Donnybrook,
Ballsbridge and Ringsend before entering the
Liffey.