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Cuscuteae
Cuscuta pacifica. Photo: (c) R.J. Adams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Cuscuta ( /kʌsˈkjuːtɑː/) (dodder) is a genus of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions;…
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