| Cuscutaceae |
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Cuscuta approximata BABINGTON var. approximata BABINGTON |
 Cuscuta approximata BABINGTON var. approximata BABINGTON |
Cuscuta L. |
| C. approximata Babington in Ann. Nat. Hist. 13:253, t. 4 f. 3 (1844). Syn: C. planiflora Ten. var. approximata Engelmann in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1:465 (1859) pro parte. Ic: Ganeshin in Bull. Appl. Bot. Leningrad 18(1):285 (1928); Yuncker, op. cit. f. 158 (1932). Stems thin to medium, pale yellowish to reddish. Inflorescences (4-)5-13 (-15) mm diam., usually many-flowered, dense. Flowers 2-5-3-5(-4) mm, sessile or subsessile, white, smooth, 5-merous. Calyx about as long as to longer than corolla tube, campanulate, partly membranous, lobes usually as long as tube (sometimes shorter or longer), triangular to ovate or almost obovate, fleshy or even turgid towards ± acute-pointed apex, often golden-yellow or brownish, shining and finely netted with prominent veins when dry. Corolla lobes shorter than to almost as long as tube, narrowly triangular-ovate to ovate-suborbicular, membranous or somewhat thickened towards shortly apiculate apex, subacute to obtuse, patent in fruit. Anthers scarcely exceeding tube, shorter than to ± as long as narrow filaments. Scales reaching stamens, oblong or spathulate to oblong-ovate or obovate, bifid or simple, shallowly fimbriate at apex. Styles ± as long as or slightly shorter than the thin stigmas, together as long as or generally longer than ovary. Capsule 1.5-2-5 mm, irregularly ovoid or obovoid to depressed-globose. Seeds 1-1.3 mm, (3-)4 per capsule, ovoid, finely scabrous. Fl. (5-)6-8{-10). On various species (Leguminosae, Compositae etc.), annual weeds and hemicryptophytes, sometimes on shrublets, in irrigated and fallow fields, nr s./.-2000 m. 1. Calyx rather membranous, with lobes shortly (and obtusely) fleshy at apex var. approximata 1. Calyx lobes partly fleshy with thickened apex longer than membranous part, together longer than tube, generally acute var. macranthera var. approximata, incl. C. approximata Babington var. urceolata(Kunze) Yuncker in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18:297 (1932). Syn: C. urceolata Kunze in Flora (Regensburg) 29:651 (1846); C. cupulata Engelrnann in Bot. Zeitung 4:276 (1846); C. planiflora Ten. var. approximata Engelmann in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1:465(1859). Type: Plants raised in England in 1844 with seeds of Trifolium from Afghanistan, Bentall (holo. K). Scattered throughout Anatolia, Islands. A4 Ankara: Çubuk valley, Kotte 406. A5 Kastamonu: Tosya, Sabaca, Sint. 1892:4364! Bl Izmir: Kassaba plain E. of Izmir, on Vitex agnus-castus, Bal. 1854:412! B3 Konya: Sultan Da. above Akşehir, 1000-1100 m, Bornm. 1899:5289! B9 Erzurum: 30 km from Horasan to Tahir pass, on Cousinia, 1930 m, D. 47330a! C2 Denizli: Honaz Da., Atalani, 1550 m, Tuzlaci. C3 Antalya: d. Kemer, Tahtali Da. at Penirlik Y., on Galium, 1000 m, D. 15100! C5/6 Adana: Sis (Kozan) to Hadjin (Saimbeyli), 4 vii 1906, B.Post! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., in Diz De., 1735 m, D. 23931! C1O Hakkari: Sat Da. above Yüksekova, on Salvia microstegia, 2700 m, Duncan & Tait 70a! Is: Ikaria, Runemark & Snogerup 7053! C. & S. Europe, N. Africa, S.W. & C. Asia; introduced into N. America, |