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Fam.: Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.  

Genus:  Cuscuta  L.
 

Authors:
   WEIHE:  Carl Ernst August Weihe (1779 - 1834), German physician and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Cuscuta:   kassyein = to enlace
   epilinum:   growing on flax
 

The Botanical Garden of the University of Mainz (Germany) contains a small flax field in order to preserve the weeds that are specialized on flax, which have almost died out since flax isn't grown anymore.

 

Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 1:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 2:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 3:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 4:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 5:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 6:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 7:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 8:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 9:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 10:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009
Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 11.7.2009
Fig. 11:  Cuscuta epilinum / Flax Dodder (cultiv. on Linum usitatissimum)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009

 


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