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Cuscuta tuberculata

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Tubercle Dodder

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158540
Element CodePDCUS011F0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderSolanales
FamilyConvolvulaceae
GenusCuscuta
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-06-14
Change Date1993-06-14
Edition Date2001-03-27
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 6/93; rev. B. MacBryde 3/2001.
Rank Reasons
Cuscuta tuberculata is in northwestern Mexico (Baja California and Sonora) and the southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona and New Mexico), mostly on Boerhavia and Amaranthus.
Range Extent Comments
Southwestern New Mexico, southern Arizona (Pinal, Pima and Yuma counties), and northwestern Mexico (Sonora and Baja California).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Occurs most commonly on Boerhavia and Amaranthus, but found occasionally on other hosts, such as Euphorbia (Kearney and Peebles 1951; Wiggins 1980; cf. Martin and Hutchins 1981).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS3Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
Middle Romero WSRCoronado National Forest60
References (6)
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  2. Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
  3. Martin, P.S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. Jenkins, T.R. Van Devender, and R.K. Wilson. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo plants; The tropical deciduous forest & environs of northwest Mexico. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 558 pp. + map.
  4. Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 2 vols. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.
  5. Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.
  6. Wiggins, I.L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 1025 pp.