Cuscuta approximata subsp. episonchum merupakan tumbuhan holoparasit dari famili Convolvulaceae (suku kangkung-kangkungan) yang siklus hidupnya selesai hanya dalam satu musim (annual). Tumbuhan ini berasal dari bioma beriklim subtropis di wilayah Macaronesia, Mediterania barat. Nama ilmiah Cuscuta approximata subsp. episonchum diperkenalkan oleh Philip Barker Webb pada tahun 1970.
Cuscuta approximata var. episonchum (Webb & Berthel.) Yunck. Cuscuta approximata var. euphorbiae Maire & Trab. Cuscuta callosa Pomel Cuscuta calycina Webb & Berthel. Cuscuta epiplocamum Webb ex Engelm. Cuscuta episonchum Webb & Berthel. Cuscuta epithymum var. episonchum (Webb & Berthel.) Trab. Cuscuta epithymum var. calycina (Webb & Berthel.) Trab. Cuscuta notochlaenae A.Chev. Cuscuta planiflora var. callosa (Pomel) Trab. Cuscuta planiflora var. calycina (Webb & Berthel.) Trab. Cuscuta planiflora var. episonchum (Webb & Berthel.) Trab. Cuscuta planiflora var. webbii Engelm.
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Referensi
POWO (2024). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org/."
IPNI (2024). "International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries, and Australian National Herbarium"
USDA - NRCS (2024). "United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service", Plant Profile.
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