Check List 16(6): 1725-1731, doi: 10.15560/16.6.1725

New records of Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) in Central-West Brazil

Carol De Moura Costa^‡, Amanda Boaretto^§, Priscila Porto Alegre Ferreira^|, Simone Soares da Silva^¶, Silmara Cecília Nepomuceno^#, Denise Brentan Silva^‡, Flávio Macedo Alves^‡

‡ Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil§ Universidade federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil| Jardim Botânico de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil¶ Núcleo de Pesquisa Curadoria do Herbário, São Paulo, Brazil# Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Corresponding author: Denise Brentan Silva ( denise.brentan@ufms.br )

Academic editor: Guilherme Dubal dos Santos Seger

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Citation: Costa CM, Boaretto AG, Ferreira PPA, Silva SS, Nepomuceno SC, Silva DB, Alves FM (2020) New records of Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) in Central-West Brazil. Check List 16(6): 1725-1731. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1725

Abstract

The genus Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) are holoparasitic plants with cosmopolitan distributions, and they are usually difficult to identify. Based on several new field collections, we present three new floristic records from this genus in Central-West Brazil. Cuscuta platyloba Progel and Cuscuta partita Choisy are cited for the first time from Mato Grosso do Sul state, while Cuscuta xanthochortos var. carinata Mart., which was previously only known from southern Brazil, is also shown to be present in the Central-West region of the country. An identification key of Cuscuta species from Mato Grosso do Sul is also provided.

Keywords

Dodders, identification key, Mato Grosso do Sul, parasitic plants