# List of Cuscuta species

This is a list of the 216 accepted species in the genus Cuscuta:

## Cuscuta species

* Cuscuta abyssinica A.Rich.
* Cuscuta acuta Engelm.
* Cuscuta acutiloba Engelm.
* Cuscuta africana Willd.
* Cuscuta alata Brandegee
* Cuscuta alatiloba Yunck.
* Cuscuta americana L.
* Cuscuta andina Phil.
* Cuscuta angulata Engelm.
* Cuscuta appendiculata Engelm.
* Cuscuta approximata Bab. - alfalfa dodder (Eurasia, Africa)
* Cuscuta argentinana Yunck.
* Cuscuta atrans Feinbrun
* Cuscuta australis R.Br.
* Cuscuta azteca Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta babylonica Aucher ex Choisy
* Cuscuta balansae Boiss. & Reut. ex Yunck.
* Cuscuta basarabica Buia
* Cuscuta bella Yunck.
* Cuscuta bifurcataYunck.
* Cuscuta blepharolepis Welw. ex Hiern
* Cuscuta boldinghii Urb.
* Cuscuta boliviana Yunck.
* Cuscuta bonafortunae Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta brachycalyx (Yunck.) Yunck.
* Cuscuta bracteataEngelm.
* Cuscuta brevistyla A.Braun ex A.Rich.
* Cuscuta bucharica Palib.
* Cuscuta burrellii Yunck.
* Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. - California dodder (western North America)
* Cuscuta callinema Butkov
* Cuscuta camelorum Pavlov
* Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
* Cuscuta capitata Roxb.
* Cuscuta carnosa Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta cassytoides Nees ex Engelm.
* Cuscuta castroviejoi M.A.García
* Cuscuta ceanothi Behr
* Cuscuta cephalanthi Engelm.
* Cuscuta chapalana Yunck.
* Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl.
* Cuscuta chinensis Lam.
* Cuscuta chittagongensis Sengupta, M.S.Khan & Huq
* Cuscuta choisiana Yunck.
* Cuscuta cockerellii Yunck.
* Cuscuta colombiana Yunck.
* Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy
* Cuscuta convallariiflora Pavlov
* Cuscuta corniculata Engelm.
* Cuscuta coryli Engelm.
* Cuscuta corymbosa Ruiz & Pav.
* Cuscuta costaricensis Yunck.
* Cuscuta cotijana Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta cozumeliensis Yunck.
* Cuscuta cristata Engelm.
* Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm. & A.Gray
* Cuscuta decipiens Yunck.
* Cuscuta deltoidea Yunck.
* Cuscuta dentatasquamata Yunck.
* Cuscuta denticulata Engelm.
* Cuscuta desmouliniana Palib.
* Cuscuta draconella Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta durangana Yunck.
* Cuscuta elpassiana Pavlov
* Cuscuta epilinum Weihe
* Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. – clover dodder (Eurasia, Africa)
* Cuscuta erosa Yunck.
* Cuscuta europaea L. – greater dodder (Europe)
* Cuscuta exaltata Engelm.
* Cuscuta ferganensis Butkov
* Cuscuta flossdorfii Hicken
* Cuscuta foetida Kunth
* Cuscuta friesii Yunck.
* Cuscuta gennesaretana Sroëlov ex Feinbr. & S.Taub
* Cuscuta gerrardii Baker
* Cuscuta gigantea Griff.
* Cuscuta glabrior (Engelm.) Yunck.
* Cuscuta globiflora Engelm.
* Cuscuta globosa Ridl.
* Cuscuta globulosa Benth.
* Cuscuta glomerata Choisy - rope dodder (North America)
* Cuscuta goyaziana Yunck.
* Cuscuta gracillima Engelm.
* Cuscuta grandiflora Kunth
* Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Schult.
* Cuscuta gymnocarpa Engelm.
* Cuscuta harperi Small
* Cuscuta haughtii Yunck.
* Cuscuta haussknechtii Yunck.
* Cuscuta hitchcockii Yunck.
* Cuscuta howelliana P.Rubtzov
* Cuscuta hyalina Roth ex Schult.
* Cuscuta iguanella Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta incurvata Progel
* Cuscuta indecora Choisy
* Cuscuta insolita Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta insquamata Yunck.
* Cuscuta jalapensis Schltdl.
* Cuscuta japonica Choisy
* Cuscuta jepsonii Yunck.
* Cuscuta karatavica Pavlov
* Cuscuta kilimanjari Oliv.
* Cuscuta kotschyana Boiss.
* Cuscuta krishnae Udayan & Robi
* Cuscuta kurdica Engelm.
* Cuscuta lacerata Yunck.
* Cuscuta legitima Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta lehmanniana Bunge
* Cuscuta leptantha Engelm.
* Cuscuta letourneuxii Trab.
* Cuscuta liliputana Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta lindsayi Wiggins
* Cuscuta longiloba Yunck
* Cuscuta lophosepala Butkov
* Cuscuta lucidicarpa Yunck
* Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock.
* Cuscuta macrocephala Schaffner ex Yuncker
* Cuscuta macrolepis R.C.Fang & S.H.Huang
* Cuscuta macvaughii Yunck.
* Cuscuta maroccana Trab.
* Cuscuta membranacea Yunck.
* Cuscuta mesatlantica Dobignard
* Cuscuta mexicana Yunck.
* Cuscuta micrantha Choisy
* Cuscuta microstyla Engelm.
* Cuscuta mitriformis Engelm. ex Hemsl.
* Cuscuta modesta Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta monogyna Vahl
* Cuscuta montana Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta natalensis Baker
* Cuscuta nevadensis I.M.Johnst.
* Cuscuta nitida E.Mey. ex Choisy
* Cuscuta nivea M.A.García
* Cuscuta obtusata (Engelm.) Trab.
* Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth
* Cuscuta occidentalis Millsp.
* Cuscuta odontolepis Engelm.
* Cuscuta odorata Ruiz & Pav.
* Cuscuta orbiculata Yunck.
* Cuscuta ortegana Yunck.
* Cuscuta pacifica Costea & M.A.R.Wright – salt marsh dodder
* Cuscuta paitana Yunck.
* Cuscuta palaestina Boiss.
* Cuscuta palustris Yunck.
* Cuscuta pamirica Butkov
* Cuscuta parodiana Yunck.
* Cuscuta partita Choisy
* Cuscuta parviflora Engelm.
* Cuscuta pauciflora Phil.
* Cuscuta pedicellata Ledeb.
* Cuscuta pellucida Butkov
* Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. – golden dodder (United States)
* Cuscuta peruviana Yunck.
* Cuscuta planiflora Ten.
* Cuscuta plattensis A.Nelson
* Cuscuta platyloba Progel
* Cuscuta polyanthemos Schaffner ex Yuncker
* Cuscuta polygonorum Engelm.
* Cuscuta potosina Schaffner ex S.Watson
* Cuscuta prismatica Pav. ex Choisy
* Cuscuta pulchella Engelm.
* Cuscuta punana Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta purpurata Phil.
* Cuscuta purpusii Yunck.
* Cuscuta pusilla Phil. ex Yunck.
* Cuscuta racemosa Mart.
* Cuscuta rausii M.A.García
* Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.
* Cuscuta rojasii Hunz.
* Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlew. ex Engelm. & A.Gray
* Cuscuta rostricarpa Yunck.
* Cuscuta rotundiflora Hunz.
* Cuscuta rubella Yunck.
* Cuscuta rugosiceps Yunck.
* Cuscuta runyonii Yunck.
* Cuscuta ruschanica Yunusov
* Cuscuta rustica Hunz.
* Cuscuta salina Engelm. – salt marsh dodder (western United States)
* Cuscuta sandwichiana Choisy – Kaunaʻoa (Hawaiʻi)
* Cuscuta santapaui Banerji & S.Das
* Cuscuta scandens Yunck.
* Cuscuta schlechteri Yunck.
* Cuscuta serrata Yunck.
* Cuscuta sharmanum Mukerjee & P.K.Bhattach.
* Cuscuta sidarum Liebm.
* Cuscuta somaliensis Yunck.
* Cuscuta squamata Engelm.
* Cuscuta stenocalycina Palib.
* Cuscuta stenolepis Engelm.
* Cuscuta strobilacea Liebm.
* Cuscuta suaveolens Ser.
* Cuscuta suksdorfii Yunck.
* Cuscuta syrtorum Arbajeva
* Cuscuta taimensis P.P.A.Ferreira & Dettke
* Cuscuta tasmanica Engelm.
* Cuscuta tatei Yunck
* Cuscuta timida Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta timorensis Decne. ex Engelm.
* Cuscuta tinctoria Mart. ex Engelm.
* Cuscuta tolteca Costea & M.A.R.Wright
* Cuscuta trichostyla Engelm.
* Cuscuta triumvirati Lange
* Cuscuta tuberculata Brandegee
* Cuscuta umbellata Kunth
* Cuscuta umbrosa Beyr. ex Hook.
* Cuscuta vandevenderi Costea & M.A.R.Wright.
* Cuscuta veatchii Brandegee
* Cuscuta victoriana Yunck.
* Cuscuta violacea Rajput & Syeda
* Cuscuta volcanica Costea & I.García
* Cuscuta warneri Yunck.
* Cuscuta werdermannii Hunz.
* Cuscuta woodsonii Yunck.
* Cuscuta xanthochortos Mart. ex Engelm.
* Cuscuta yucatana Yunck.
* Cuscuta yunckeriana Hunz.