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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

· CONVOLVULACEAE (genus previously included in Cuscutaceae)
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Synonyms Cited in The Jepson Manual Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
Initial Editorial Analysis 14 Nov 2006
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Mihai Costea see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. is excluded, stating that recent work has shown that Cuscuta campestris and Cuscuta pentagona are distinct species, that the latter does not occur in CA, and that "All the herbarium collections, pictures, etc. identified as C. pentagona, are in fact C. campestris". [In The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], Cuscuta campestris Yunck. listed as synonym of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.]
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, does not occur in CA
Current Status JFP-8, accepted name for taxon not occurring in CA (erroneous reports, misapplication of names, misidentifications, other exclusions)
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]

Current Status Date 14 Nov 2006
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Cuscuta
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Cuscuta

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