Cuscuta applanata Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 479. 1859 [NOT A TYPE 2] Accepted name: Cuscuta chinensis var. applanata (Engelm.) Costea & Stefanovic  [compare with C. chinensis] From lectotype at MO: U.S.A. Arizona, 1851--1852, Wright 1623 (isolectotypes K, NY, US).