CuscuteaeEnglish: Dodder; Devil’s guts; Devil’s hair; Devil’s ringlet; Goldthread; Hailweed; Hairweed; Hellbine; Love vine; Pull-down; Strangleweed; Angel hair; Witch’s hair.
Botany: ± 140 species; yellow, orange, red; parasitic; temperate to tropical.
Clades:
Convolvulaceae;
Solanales;
Lamiidae;
Asteranae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
Plant theory 2Cuscutaceae is included
Convolvulaceae. It is a single genus family, and thus cannot express the themes of a whole family. It is placed in together with
Convolvulaceae Subphase 7, and in
Stage 17 as being parasitic.
Plant theory 1Cuscutaceae was treated as a separate
Family. It was placed in
Subphase 7, being parasitic.
TaxonomyCuscutaceae is not a separate
Family in the
Apg3 classification but included in
Convolvulaceae.