Greater dodder vs Huapo

Cuscuta europaea compared with Pithecia monachus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Huapo
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Pithecia
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Pithecia monachus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Huapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Huapo
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).

Huapo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.