Cuscuta

Accepted species 225 Documented here 50 Family Convolvulaceae

Accepted species 225 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Cuscuta campestris Yunck. 502 documented
Cuscuta pacifica Costea & M.A.R.Wright 266 documented
Cuscuta epithymum L. 194 documented
Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. 172 documented
Cuscuta gronovii Willd. 168 documented
Cuscuta subinclusa Durand & Hilg. 160 documented
Cuscuta europaea L. 141 documented
Cuscuta polygonorum Engelm. 53 documented
Cuscuta exaltata Engelm. 40 documented
Cuscuta harperi Small 38 documented
Cuscuta denticulata Engelm. 36 documented
Cuscuta nitida E.Mey. 34 documented
Cuscuta africana Willd. 33 documented
Cuscuta africana Krauss ex Engelm. 33 documented
Cuscuta umbellata Kunth 33 documented
Cuscuta glomerata Choisy 32 documented
Cuscuta angulata Engelm. 30 documented
Cuscuta approximata Bab. 27 documented
Cuscuta japonica Choisy 27 documented
Cuscuta indecora Choisy 25 documented
Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock. 25 documented
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. 25 documented
Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy 23 documented
Cuscuta sandwichiana Choisy 21 documented
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. 17 documented
Cuscuta tuberculata Brandegee 13 documented
Cuscuta cephalanthi Engelm. 10 documented
Cuscuta planiflora Ten. 10 documented
Cuscuta coryli Engelm. 9 documented
Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm. 9 documented
Cuscuta runyonii Yunck. 9 documented
Cuscuta palaestina Boiss. 8 documented
Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlew. ex Engelm. & A.Gray 8 documented
Cuscuta tasmanica Engelm. 8 documented
Cuscuta purpurata Phil. 7 documented
Cuscuta xanthochortos Mart. ex Engelm. 7 documented
Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl. 6 documented
Cuscuta veatchii Brandegee 6 documented
Cuscuta australis R.Br. 5 documented
Cuscuta chinensis Lam. 5 documented
Cuscuta monogyna Vahl 5 documented
Cuscuta salina Engelm. 5 documented
Cuscuta acuta Engelm. 4 documented
Cuscuta americana L. 4 documented
Cuscuta appendiculata Engelm. 4 documented
Cuscuta leptantha Engelm. 4 documented
Cuscuta psorothamnensis Stefanović, M.A.García & Costea 4 documented
Cuscuta jalapensis Schltdl. 3 documented
Cuscuta legitima Costea & Stefanović 3 documented
Cuscuta squamata Engelm. 3 documented
Cuscuta nivea M.A.García 2 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta volcanica Costea & I.García 2 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta grandiflora Kunth 1 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta occidentalis Millsp. 1 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta stenolepis Engelm. 1 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta tinctoria Mart. ex Engelm. 1 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta abyssinica A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta acutiloba Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta alata Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta alataloba Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta andina Phil. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta argentinana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta atrans Feinbrun 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta attenuata Waterf. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta azteca Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta babylonica Aucher ex Choisy 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta balansae Boiss. & Reut. ex Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta basarabica Buia 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta bella Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta bifurcata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta blepharolepis Welw. ex Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta boldinghii Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta boliviana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta bonafortunae Costea & I.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta brachycalyx (Yunck.) Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta bracteata Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta brevistyla A.Braun ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta bucharica Palib. ex B.Fedtsch. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta burrellii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta callinema Butkov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta camelorum Pavlov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta capitata Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta carnosa Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta cassytoides Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta castroviejoi M.A.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta ceanothi Behr 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta chapalana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta chittagongensis Sengupta, M.Salar Khan & Huq 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta choisiana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta cockerellii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta colombiana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta convallariiflora Pavlov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta corniculata Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta corymbosa Ruiz & Pav. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta costaricensis Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta cotijana Costea & I.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta cozumeliensis Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta cristata Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta croymbosa Ruiz & Pav. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta decipiens Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta deltoidea Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta dentatasquamata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta desmouliniana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta difficilis Stefanović & Costea 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta draconella Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta durangana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta elpassiana Pavlov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta epilinum Weihe 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta erosa Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta ferganensis Butkov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta flossdorfii Hicken 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta foetida Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta friesii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta gennesaretana Sroelov ex Feinbrun & S.Taub 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta gerrardii Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta gigantea Griff. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta glabrior (Engelm.) Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta globiflora Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta globosa Ridl. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta globulosa Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta goyaziana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta gracillima Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta gymnocarpa Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta haughtii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta haussknechtii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta hitchcockii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta howelliana P.Rubtzoff 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta hyalina Roth 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta iguanella Costea & I.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta incurvata Progel 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta insolita Costea & I.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta insquamata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta jepsonii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta karatavica Pavlov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta kilimanjari Oliv. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta kotschyana Boiss. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta krishnae Udayan & Robi 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta kurdica Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta lacerata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta lehmanniana Bunge 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta letourneuxii Trab. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta liliputana Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta lindsayi Wiggins 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta longiloba Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta lophosepala Butkov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta lucidicarpa Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta macrocephala W.Schaffn. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta macrolepis R.C.Fang & S.H.Huang 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta macvaughii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta mantiqueirana Costea, S.S.Silva & Sim.-Bianch. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta maroccana Trab. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta membranacea Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta mesatlantica Dobignard 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta mexicana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta micrantha Choisy 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta microstyla Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta mitraeformis Engelm. ex Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta mitriformis Engelm. ex Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta modesta Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta montana Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta natalensis Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta nevadensis I.M.Johnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta obtusata (Engelm.) Trab. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta odontolepis Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta odorata Ruiz & Pav. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta orbiculata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta ortegana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta paitana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta palustris Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pamirica Butkov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta parodiana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta partita Choisy 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta parviflora Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pauciflora Phil. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pedicellata Ledeb. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pellucida Butkov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta peruviana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta plattensis A.Nelson 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta platyloba Progel 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta polyanthemos W.Schaffn. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta potosina W.Schaffn. ex Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta prismatica Pav. ex Choisy 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pulchella Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta punana Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta purpusii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta pusilla Phil. ex Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta racemosa Mart. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rausii M.A.García 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rojasii Hunz. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rostricarpa Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rotundiflora Hunz. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rubella Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rugosiceps Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta ruschanica Junussov 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta rustica Hunz. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta santapaui Banerji & Sitesh Das 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta scandens Brot. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta schlechteri Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta serrata Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta sharmanum Mukerjee & P.K.Bhattach. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta sidarum Liebm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta somaliensis Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta stenocalycina Palib. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta strobilacea Liebm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta suaveolens Ser. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta suksdorfii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta syrtorum Arbajeva 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta taimensis P.P.A.Ferreira & Dettke 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta tatei Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta timida Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta timorensis Decne. ex Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta tinei Insenga 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta tolteca Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta trichostyla Engelm. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta triumvirati Lange 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta umbrosa Hook. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta vandevenderi Costea & Stefanović 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta victoriana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta violacea Rajput & Syeda 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta warneri Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta werdermannii Hunz. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta woodsonii Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta yucatana Yunck. 0 below the evidence gate
Cuscuta yunckeriana Hunz. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.