New records of Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) in Central-West Brazil

By

De Moura Costa, Carol
Boaretto, Amanda
Porto Alegre Ferreira, Priscila
Soares da Silva, Simone
Cecília Nepomuceno, Silmara
Brentan Silva, Denise
Macedo Alves, Flávio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-12-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1725--1731

Subjects

dodders , identification key , Mato Grosso do Sul , Parasitic plants

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1725

 

Abstract

The genus Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) are holoparasitic plants with cosmopolitan distributions, and they are usually difficult to identify. Based on several new field collections, we present three new floristic records from this genus in Central-West Brazil. Cuscuta platyloba Progel and Cuscuta partita Choisy are cited for the first time from Mato Grosso do Sul state, while Cuscuta xanthochortos var. carinata Mart., which was previously only known from southern Brazil, is also shown to be present in the Central-West region of the country. An identification key of Cuscuta species from Mato Grosso do Sul is also provided.