Cytotaxonomic studies in the Iberian species of the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Cytotaxonomic studies in the Iberian species of the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Angel Garcia, M.; Castroviejo, S.
Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 60(1): 33-44
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0211-1322
Cuscuta is a genus of parasitic plants with great diversity in size, number and type of chromosomes. All species included in Cuscuta subgenus Cuscuta are characterized by holocentric chromosomes, while those included in the subgenera Grammica and Monogyna are characterized by monocentric chromosomes.