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Cuscuta legitima Costea & Stefanovic [TYPE]
Jul 18/07
Type of Cuscuta legitima:
MEXICO. Sonora: Northwest side of Río Yaqui at MEX 15 near Esperanza, ca. 9 km north of Ciudad Obregón; 27°35'45"N 109°56'W, ca. 40 m elevation, locally common parasite on Boerhavia coccinea (Nyctaginaceae); flowers white, stems yellow10 Sep 1994, T.R. Van Devender 94-458 et al. (WLU; duplicates at ARIZ, ASU, MEXU, UC, and UCR).
= Cuscuta californica Choisy var. reflexa J.M.Coulter, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 1: 45. 1890; 2: 295. 1892.
Cuscuta legitima; inflorescence fragment
Cuscuta legitima; inflorescence fragment
Cuscuta legitima; inflorescence fragment
Cuscuta legitima; bract
Cuscuta legitima; flower
Cuscuta legitima; flower
Cuscuta legitima; calyx 3D
Cuscuta legitima; calyx, dissected
Cuscuta legitima; calyx, dissected
Cuscuta legitima; corolla, dissected
Cuscuta legitima; corolla, dissected
Cuscuta legitima; infrastaminal scales
Cuscuta legitima; infrastaminal scale
Cuscuta legitima; infrastaminal scales
Cuscuta legitima; infrastaminal scale detail
Cuscuta legitima; gynoecia
Cuscuta legitima; ovary showing early dehiscence
stigma
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