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How many species of Cuscuta<\/em> are \u2018vampirizing\u2019 plants out there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Engelmann (top) and Yuncker (below) – the Lords of Cuscuta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided to answer this question because I noticed that many current biodiversity sources mention that Cuscuta<\/em> has only 100-145 species<\/strong>. In fact, there are over 200 <\/strong>species of Cuscuta<\/em>, <\/em>and probably more will be discovered in the future. For details see this paper<\/a> which includes the first phylogenetic classification of the genus. <\/p>\n

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How many species of Cuscuta are \u2018vampirizing\u2019 plants out there? I decided to answer this question because I noticed that many current biodiversity sources mention that Cuscuta has only 100-145 species. In fact, there are over 200 species of Cuscuta, and probably more will be discovered in the future. For details see this paper which includes the first phylogenetic classification of the genus.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":524,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nHow many species of Cuscuta are out there? - Laurier Herbarium<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/specialprojects.wlu.ca\/herbarium\/digital-atlas-of-cuscuta-convolvulaceae\/how-many-species-of-cuscuta-are-out-there\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How many species of Cuscuta are out there? - Laurier Herbarium\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How many species of Cuscuta are \u2018vampirizing\u2019 plants out there? 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