Cuscuta applanata Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 479. 1859 Accepted name: Cuscuta chinensis var. applanata (Engelm.) Costea & Stefanovic [compare with C. chinensis] From the Isotype (NY): United States of America. New Mexico, 1851-1852, C. Wright 1623 (Holotype: MO)