Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
(Yellow Dodder)

Interactions where Cuscuta campestris is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
causes gall of Major Daucus carota ssp sativus Garden Carrot Apiales: Apiaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/Cuscuta campestrisyellow dodder Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/Daucus carota subsp. sativusgarden carrotMajor
haustorium parasitises stem Major Daucus carota ssp sativus Garden Carrot Apiales: Apiaceae New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/Cuscuta campestrisyellow dodderhaustorium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/Daucus carota subsp. sativusgarden carrotstemMajor
haustorium parasitises stem Major Medicago medicks Fabales: Fabaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/Cuscuta campestrisyellow dodderhaustorium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/MedicagomedicksstemMajor
haustorium parasitises stem Major [Trifolium sp. cult.] cultivated clovers Fabales: Fabaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/Cuscuta campestrisyellow dodderhaustorium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium sp. cult./Trifolium sp. cult.cultivated cloversstemMajor
haustorium parasitises stem Minor [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/Cuscuta campestrisyellow dodderhaustorium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsstemMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Stace, C., 1997New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press

Cuscuta campestris (Yellow Dodder) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCuscuta campestris (Yellow Dodder)
GenusCuscuta (dodders)
FamilyCONVOLVULACEAE (bindweeds & dodders)
OrderSOLANALES (bindweeds and nightshades)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cuscuta campestris (Yellow Dodder)

Cuscuta campestris (Yellow Dodder) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cuscuta campestris (Yellow Dodder):

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