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December 2023

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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

This species name was first published in Amer. J. Sci. Arts 43: 340 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001297230.

Synonyms of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cuscuta pentagona var. microcalyx Engelm. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 76. 1843 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001243953
Cuscuta arvensis var. pentagona Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 494 (1859) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001243954
Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A.Weber SouthW. Naturalist 18: 319 (1973) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001244951
Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona wfo-0001297852
Cuscuta arvensis var. microcalyx Engelm. in A.Gray Man. Bot. N. States , ed. 2: 337 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382420
Cuscuta pentagona var. typica (Engelm.) Yunck. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 6: 140 (1921) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382467