Greater dodder vs Yellow Dodder

Cuscuta europaea compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Solanales (Solanales)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family same	Convolvulaceae	Convolvulaceae
Genus same	Cuscuta	Cuscuta
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Cuscuta campestris

Evolutionary Relationship

Greater dodder and Yellow Dodder share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Cuscuta.

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Yellow Dodder
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).

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇷 Turkey