Cuscuta monogynaVahl

WFO wfo-0001298472 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cuscuta monogyna, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. a Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-09 / obs. 149601773
Cuscuta monogyna, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. b Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149601761
Cuscuta monogyna, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. c Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201795957
Cuscuta monogyna, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. d Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201795969
Cuscuta monogyna, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. e Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201795983

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Native range 40 botanical countries

Regions where Cuscuta monogyna is native: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Afghanistan, Altay, Cyprus, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoAfghanistanAltayCyprusInner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaPakistanBulgariaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Cuscuta monogyna, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Cyprus CYP
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Morocco MOR
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cuscuta astyla Engelm.
  • Cuscuta merzbacheriana Palib. ex B.Fedtsch.
  • Cuscuta tian-shanica Palib.
  • Monogynella blancheana Des Moul. ex Engelm.
  • Monogynella monogyna (Vahl) Hadač
  • Monogynella monogyna var. hadacii Chrtek & Osb.-Kos.
  • Monogynella monogyne subsp. esquamata (Engelm.) Chrtek & Osb.-Kos.
  • Monogynella tianschanica (Palib.) Hadač & Chrtek
  • Monogynella vahliana Des Moul.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.