• Among convolvulaceae, the genus Ipomoea is the best known for these components and as medicinal plants used for their purgative and antihelminthic properties. (gerli.com)
  • The researchers claim "the ancestor of Cuscuta split from the common ancestor of Cuscuta and Ipomoea (morning glories) 750 million years ago" and "the Cuscuta genome then rapidly evolved and many genes were lost during evolution. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann. (unc.edu)
  • Cuscuta polygonorum Engelmann. (unc.edu)
  • All the species included in Cuscuta subgenus Cuscuta are characterized by the holocentric chromosomes whereas they are monocentric in the species of subgenera Grammica and Monogyna . (csic.es)
  • Some authorities divide the genus into 4 separate genera (usually recognized as subgenera in the state and regional floras for our area): Cuscuta, Grammica, Monogynella, and Kadurias. (intermountainbiota.org)
  • Cuscuta is a genus of parasitic plants with great diversity in size, number and type of chromosomes. (csic.es)
  • Widowwort (spelled as a single word) is an older English name for the parasitic plant dodder (Cuscuta species), whose golden threads were used at one time as a contraceptive and as an abortifacient. (donsmaps.com)
  • Genus cuscuta (Dodder, vernacular names: Hindi-Amarbel, Akasbel) have more than 150 species. (donsmaps.com)
  • They were formerly placed in the dodder family, Cuscutaceae, with only one genus in the family, Cuscuta. (osu.edu)
  • If you have observed what looks like yellow silly string growing among some low growing plants, it was likely dodder ( Cuscuta spp. (prairiepublic.org)
  • Dodder is a member of the Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae). (prairiepublic.org)
  • and are sometimes categorized with them and swamp dodder (cuscuta gronovii). (songofthewoods.com)
  • 2007. "Systematics and plastid genome evolution of the cryptically photosynthetic parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae). (kennesaw.edu)
  • 2007. "Complete plastid genome sequences suggest strong selection for retention of photosynthetic genes in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta . (kennesaw.edu)
  • Género de plantas de la familia CONVOLVULACEAE, mejor conocida por el dondiego de día (un nombre común que también se aplica a CONVOLVULUS) y a las batatas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cuscuta australis can cycle between insensitivity ↔ sensitivity to dormancy-breaking treatments. (uky.edu)
  • A broad polymerase chain reaction (PCR) survey of mitochondrial genes revealed that at least three genes ( atp1 , atp6 and matR ) were recently transferred from Cuscuta to Plantago . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Background and Aims: Dormancy in seeds of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae, tribe Cuscuteae) is due to a water-impermeable seed coat (physical dormancy). (uky.edu)
  • However, there are claims that water enters seeds of Cuscuta spp. (uky.edu)
  • Although several studies have been done on seed coat anatomy of Cuscuta, none has identified and/or characterized the morphology/anatomy of a water gap. (uky.edu)
  • Thus, the primary aim of this research was to identify and describe the morphology and anatomy of the water gap in seeds of Cuscuta australis. (uky.edu)