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Herbarium specimen: Cuscuta epithymum

Taxon:Cuscutaceae: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. ("Dodder")
Filed in taxon folder:Cuscutaceae: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. ("Dodder")
Collected by:Dr William Arnold Bromfield
Collection date:5/8/1842
Locality:Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Bleak Down, SZ5181, On the side of the Newport and Niton road over Bleak Down.
ex herb:Sir William Jackson Hooker
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000790292
Image:
© Kew
Cuscuta epithymum herbarium specimen from Bleak Down, VC10 Isle of Wight in 1842 by Dr William Arnold Bromfield.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"On Erica cinerea" (sic) but evidently also on Ulex.

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Documented by johned on 11th June 2012.

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