Dodder Laurels
Cassytha
Cassytha is a genus of some two dozen species of obligately parasitic vines in the family Lauraceae. Superficially, and in some aspects of their ecology, they closely resemble plants in the unrelated genus Cuscuta, the dodders. When fruit and flowers are absent in the field, the physical resemblance is so close that few people without technical training can tell them apart. In this respect and in their ecology the two genera present a spectacular example of...
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
laurel dodder
speciesCassytha filiformis
Slender Devil's Twine
speciesCassytha glabella
devil's tresses
speciesCassytha ciliolata
Downy Dodder-laurel
speciesCassytha pubescens
Coarse Dodder-laurel
speciesCassytha melantha
Cassytha racemosa
speciesCassytha racemosa
Mawhai
speciesCassytha paniculata
Pondo Tresses
speciesCassytha pondoensis
Cassytha pomiformis
speciesCassytha pomiformis
Cassytha flava
speciesCassytha flava
Rusty Dodder-laurel
speciesCassytha phaeolasia
Cassytha muelleri
speciesCassytha muelleri
Cassytha capillaris
speciesCassytha capillaris
Cassytha aurea
speciesCassytha aurea
Cassytha micrantha
speciesCassytha micrantha
Cassytha peninsularis
speciesCassytha peninsularis
Stalked dodder-laurel
speciesCassytha pedicellosa
Cassytha flindersii
speciesCassytha flindersii
Cassytha candida
speciesCassytha candida
Cassytha rufa
speciesCassytha rufa
Cassytha graminicola
speciesCassytha graminicola
Cassytha pergracilis
speciesCassytha pergracilis
Cassytha nodiflora
speciesCassytha nodiflora
Cassytha larsenii
speciesCassytha larsenii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119899.