Cuscuta_babylonica

<i>Cuscuta babylonica</i>

Cuscuta babylonica

Species of flowering plant

Cuscuta babylonica is a species of parasitic plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. It is found in Iraq and Turkmenistan.

Quick Facts Cuscuta babylonica, Scientific classification ...

The plant shows supernumerary chromosomes which are holocentric during meiosis.[4]

It is a parasite of Carthamus glaucus.[5]

References

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    Choisy, Jacques Denys (Denis) Cusc. 174, t. 1, f. 1.
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    Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1(3): 461 1859
  3. [3]
    Boiss. & Balansa Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 129 1856
  4. [4]
    Supernumerary chromosomes and their behaviour in meiosis of the holocentric Cuscuta babylonica Choisy. BATIA PAZY, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume123, Issue2, February 1997, Pages 173-176, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1997.tb01411.x
  5. [5]
    The effect of Cuscuta babylonica Aucher (Cuscuta) parasitism on the phenolic contents of Carthamus glaucus Bieb.subsp. glaucus. Hilal SURMUŞ ASAN, Hasan Çetin ÖZEN, Iğdır Univ. J. Inst. Sci. & Tech. 6(4): 31-39, 2016 (link Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine)


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