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Cuscuta pentagona, the Glossary

Index Cuscuta pentagona

Cuscuta pentagona, the fiveangled dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family Convolvulaceae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae, Cuscuta campestris, George Engelmann, North America, Parasitism.

  2. Cuscuta
  3. Invasive plant species in Japan
  4. Parasitic plant stubs
  5. Taxa named by George Engelmann

Asteraceae

Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.

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Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae, commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species.

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Cuscuta campestris

Cuscuta campestris, with the common names field dodder, golden dodder, large-seeded alfalfa dodder, yellow dodder and prairie dodder, is a parasitic plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Cuscuta pentagona and Cuscuta campestris are Cuscuta.

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George Engelmann

George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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See also

Cuscuta

Invasive plant species in Japan

Parasitic plant stubs

Taxa named by George Engelmann

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscuta_pentagona

Also known as Five-angled dodder, Fiveangled dodder.