Chap. 04. Cuscuta, Dodder.
Classic texts: Parkinson 1640.
Classic texts: Parkinson 1640.
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
Engl.: clover dodder.
Deu.: Quendel-Seide.
Sven.: ljungsnärja, klöversnärja, ljungsilke.
Suom.: apilanvieras.
Bot. syn.: Cuscuta europaea L. var. epithymum L., Cuscuta trifolii Bab.
Pre-Linnaean: The English flora, 1825, by Sir James Edward Smith:
Cuscuta Epithymum. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13.140. Fl. Br. 283. Engl. Bot. at p. 378. Dicks. H. Sicc. fasc.15.5. Abbot 36. Hook. Scot. 86. Fl. Dan. t. 427.
Cuscuta europaea. Engl. Bot. v. 1. t. 55. Linn. Sp. Pl. 180 6. Willd. v. 1. 702
β. Huds. 104. Sibth. 63. Dicks. H. Sicc. fasc. 15. 6.
Cuscuta. n. 654, minor. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 291.
Cuscuta major. Raii Syn. 281.
Epithymum. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 614. f. Camer. Epit. 983. f. Dalech. Hist. 1682. f. Ger. Em. 578.
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