Cuscuta reflexa
Nomenclature
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 3, t. 104. 1798.
Cuscuta macrantha G. Don
C. reflexa Roxb. var. grandiflora Engelm.
Cuscuta anguina Edgeworth, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 87. 1851
C. reflexa Roxb. var. anguina (Edgeworth) Yunck.
C. reflexa var. brachystigma Engelm.
Description
Fang R.C., L. J. Musselman, & U. Plitmann 1995. Cuscuta In P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 322–325.
Cytology
Fang R.C., L. J. Musselman, & U. Plitmann 1995. Cuscuta In P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 322–325.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
China (Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Parasitic
on shrubs; 900–2800 m.
Fang R.C., L. J. Musselman, & U. Plitmann 1995. Cuscuta In P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 322–325.
Other information
Chinese floras recognize 2 varieties that can be separated by the following key. However, some specimens are intermediate between the two.
Flowers 5–9 mm; corolla tube ca. 2 × as long as lobes; stamens with very short filaments; style very short var. reflexa
Flowers ca. 6 mm; corolla tube 1–2 × as long as lobes; stamens sessile at sinuses; stigma conical, almost sessile var. anguina