Cuscuta chinensis

Cuscuta chinensis Lam. is a parasitic plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is native to China and was first described in 1786.[2] This species is used medicinally in Nepal.[3]

Cuscuta chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cuscuta
Species:
C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cuscuta chinensis
Lam.
Synonyms[1]
  • Grammica chinensis (Lam.) Hadač & Chrtek

References

  1. The Plant List,Cuscuta chinensis
  2. Lam. Encycl. 2:229. 1786
  3. O'Neill, A.R.; Rana, S.K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (14). doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y.
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