Cuscutaceae

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Cuscutaceae

[kə‚skyü′tās·ē‚ē]

(botany)

A family of parasitic dicotyledonous plants in the order Polemoniales which lack internal phloem and chlorophyll, have capsular fruit, and are not rooted to the ground at maturity.

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Distribution records of Southern Indiana vascular plants II

The Salvadoraceae can still be found in the Celastrales, the Columelliaceae in the Hydrangeales (suborder Escalloniineae), the Convolvulaceae and Cuscutaceae in the Convolvulales, and, finally, the Buddlejaceae and Retziaceae he placed in the Scrophulariales .

A consensus classification for the order Gentianales with additional details on the suborder Apocynineae