Greater dodder vs Large False Serotine

Cuscuta europaea compared with Hesperoptenus tomesi

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Large False Serotine is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Large False Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Hesperoptenus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Hesperoptenus tomesi

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Large False Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Large False Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.