Cuscuta europaea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 124. 1753.

"Habitat in Plantis Europae parasitica." RCN: 1022.

Lectotype (Rajput & Tahir in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 189: 16. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 170.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Cuscuta Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 126. 1929).

Current name: Cuscuta europaea L. ( Cuscutaceae).