Cuscuta indecora Choisy indecora (Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 278. 1842.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Amitié (Haiti), Bejuco amarillo (Dominican Republic), Bejuquito de amor (Dominican Republic), Choisy (Haiti), Custute d'Amérique (Haiti), Fideitos (Dominican Republic), Fideos (Dominican Republic), L'amitié (Haiti),
Synonyms: Cuscuta decora Choisy ex Engelm. (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 501. 1859.),
Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 8). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 9). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 10). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany.
Originally in Cuscutaceae.
Last edited 21 Jul 09