Cuscuta acuta
Nomenclature
Cuscuta acuta Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 497. 1859
Description
Austin, D.F. 1982. 165. Convolvulaceae. Pp. 1–98 in: Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, vol. 15. Göteborg, Stockholm:University of Götenborg, Riksmuseum.
Costea,M., S. Stefanović. 2010. Evolutionary history and taxonomy of Cuscuta umbellata complex (Convolvulaceae): evidence of extensive hybridizationfrom discordant nuclear and plastid phylogenies. Taxon 59: 1783–1800.
Costea, M. 2007-onwards. Digital Atlas of Cuscuta. Images: type collection morphology gallery; additional island specimen morphology gallery; morphology of mainland specimen.
Engelmann, G. 1859. Systematic arrangement of the species of the genus Cuscuta with critical remarks on old species and descriptions of new ones. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 453–523.
Yuncker, T.G. 1932. The genus Cuscuta. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 113–331.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
South America: Galapagos Islands and the Pacific Coast of Ecuador and Peru.
Hosts: Alternanthera, Coldenia, Boerhavia, Euphorbia, Ipomoea, Pectis, Portulaca, Rhynchosia and Tribulus;elevation
40–160 m.