Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta planiflora Ten. [Convolvulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 9

Cuscuta planiflora var. algeriana Yunck.

Cuscuta planiflora var. ambigua Yunck.

Cuscuta planiflora var. globularis Balf.f.

Cuscuta planiflora var. godronii (Des Moul.) Rouy

Cuscuta planiflora var. holstii Baker & Rendle

Cuscuta planiflora var. madagascariensis (Yunck.) Verdc.

Cuscuta planiflora var. papillosa Engelm.

Cuscuta planiflora var. planiflora

Cuscuta planiflora var. sicula (Tineo ex Engelm.) Trab. ex Yunck.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ongongoro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuscuta epithymum subsp. planiflora (Ten.) Rouy Fl. France 10: 359 (1908).
Cuscuta planiflora var. tenorei Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 466 (1859), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta planiflora Ten.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cuscuta planiflora Tenore	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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