Cassytha filiformis
Devil's Gut, Love Vine, Dodder Laurel
Also known as: Calodium cochinchinense Lour. +18 more
- Calodium cochinchinense Lour.
- Calodium cochinchinensis Lour.
- Cassytha americana Nees
- Cassytha americana var. brachystachya Meisn.
- Cassytha americana var. brachystachya Nees
- Cassytha americana var. brasiliensis (Mart. ex Nees) Meisn.
- Cassytha americana var. brasiliensis Nees
- Cassytha americana var. puberula Meisn.
- Cassytha aphylla (Forssk.) Raeusch.
- Cassytha archboldiana C.K.Allen
- Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees
- Cassytha corniculata Burm.fil.
- Cassytha cuscutiformis F.Muell.
- Cassytha cuscutiformis F.Muell. ex Meisn.
- Cassytha dissitiflora Meisn.
- Cassytha filiformis f. pycnantha Domin
- Cassytha filiformis subsp. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) De Wild.
- Cassytha filiformis var. pseudopubescens Domin
- Cassytha filiformis var. puberula (Meisn.) León & Alain
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Lauraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a holoparasitic chamaephyte.
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Cassytha filiformis (commonly known as Devil's Gut or Love-vine) is a parasitic plant within the Lauraceae family. It is found natively in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, the Pacific, and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, North-Central Pacific, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central Pacific, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southwestern Pacific, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panama, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Surinam, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe