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Cuscuta europaea L. (Greater Dodder)

Suggested Literature

Cuscuta europaea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cuscuta europaea is associated with:

Photos Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) causes gall of Major Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
Photos haustorium Magnoliidae - dicotyledonous flowering plants haustorium parasitises stem Minor Stace, C., 1997
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos haustorium Humulus lupulus - Hop (Cannabinaceae) haustorium parasitises stem Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos haustorium Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) haustorium parasitises stem Major Stace, C., 1997
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985

Associated with Cuscuta europaea:

stem stem is galled by larva Smicronyx coecus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Morris, M.G., 2002

Cuscuta europaea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Cuscuta
(dodders)

References

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)

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