Cuscuta

***Cuscuta*** Convolvulaceae familyasına bağlı bir cinstir.

Fulya, kekik, yonca veya ısırgan otu üzerine sarılıp büyür. Bitki genç iken tohumdaki besleyici maddeleri çabucak bitirip tüketir. Köksüzdür. Sapları pembe renklidir. Yaprakları ise renksiz pullar halinde kısır kalmıştır. Asalak bitki, komşusu olan bitkiye saplarıyla tutunmak zorundadır. Destek alacağı böyle bir bitkileri dikkatle arar, bulur. Topraktan çıkar çıkmaz spiral biçiminde büyümeye başlar. Bir destek bulduğu anda kendini kurtarmış sayar. Eğer böyle bir destek bulmazsa kendi kendini yemeye başlar: Genç bitki, sapının alt bölümlerini ölümle başbaşa bırakır ve buradaki organik maddelerle beslenerek yeniden destek aramaya koyulur. Desteği bulur bulmaz ona bütün kuvvetiyle sarılır ve emici hortumlarını geçirir.

## ''Cuscuta'' türleri

**[[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.
**[[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 bifurcata]]*Yunck.
**[[Cuscuta blepharolepis]]* Welw. ex Hiern
**[[Cuscuta boldinghii ]]* Urb.
**[[Cuscuta boliviana]]* Yunck.
**[[Cuscuta bonafortunae]]* Costea & I.García
**[[Cuscuta brachycalyx]]* (Yunck.) Yunck.
**[[Cuscuta bracteata]]*Engelm.
**[[Cuscuta brevistyla]]* A.Braun ex A.Rich.
**[[Cuscuta bucharica]]* Palib.
**[[Cuscuta burrellii]]* Yunck.
**[[Cuscuta californica]]* Hook. & Arn.
**[[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.
**[[Cuscuta erosa]]* Yunck.
**[[Cuscuta europaea]]* L.
**[[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
**[[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
**[[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.
**[[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. 
**[[Cuscuta sandwichiana]]* Choisy – 
**[[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.

## Galeri

File:Dodder_%28Cuscuta%29_fruit.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. with a gall
File:Dodder(Cuscuta)flowers.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. flowers
File:Cuscuta_fg01.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. form
File:Cuscuta_fg02.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. form
File:Dodder-vine-morris-ct-2017.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. form
File:Cuscuta @ThachKhê HaTinh VietNam.jpg|*Cuscuta* sp. form


## Konuyla ilgili yayınlar
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* Cudney, D.W., S.B. Orloff, and J.S. Reints. 1992. An integrated weed management procedure for the control of dodder (Cuscuta indecora) in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Weed Technology, 6, 603-606.

## Dış bağlantılar

*Costea, M. 2007–onwards. Digital Atlas of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
*Cuscuta on Parasitic Plant Connection 
* Flora of China: ''Cuscuta'' 
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* Dodder (*Cuscuta* species). *Weed Listings.* 2005. Online.
* Medicinal uses of ''Cuscuta'' in Armenia 
* Chamovitz, D.  Common Scents: Plants Constantly Catch a Whiff of Their Neighbors' Perfume.  *Scientific American* May 22, 2012.
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