Cuscuta L.
(dodders)

Interactions where Cuscuta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
stem stem is galled by larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Smicronyx jungermanniae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx jungermanniae/Smicronyx jungermanniaea weevillarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta/Cuscutadodders?stem larva causes gall of stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cuscuta (dodders) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cuscuta campestris
Yellow Dodder
Species 5 trophisms
Cuscuta epilinum
Flax Dodder
Species 1 trophisms
Cuscuta epithymum
Dodder
Species 7 trophisms
Cuscuta europaea
Greater Dodder
Species 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCuscuta (dodders)
FamilyCONVOLVULACEAE (bindweeds & dodders)
OrderSOLANALES (bindweeds and nightshades)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cuscuta (dodders)

Cuscuta (dodders) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Piatek, M. 2005 The species of Entyloma (Ustilaginomycetes) on Convolvulaceae. Mycotaxon 93: 323-326.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cuscuta (dodders):

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