Cuscutaceae
Cuscuteae
English: Dodder; Devil’s guts; Devil’s hair; Devil’s ringlet; Goldthread; Hailweed; Hairweed; Hellbine; Love vine; Pull-down; Strangleweed; Angel hair; Witch’s hair.
Botany: ± 140 species; yellow, orange, red; parasitic; temperate to tropical.
Clades: Convolvulaceae; Solanales; Lamiidae; Asteranae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Plant theory 2
Cuscutaceae is included Convolvulaceae. It is a single genus family, and thus cannot express the themes of a whole family. It is placed in together with Convolvulaceae Subphase 7, and in Stage 17 as being parasitic.
Plant theory 1
Cuscutaceae was treated as a separate Family. It was placed in Subphase 7, being parasitic.
Taxonomy
Cuscutaceae is not a separate Family in the Apg3 classification but included in Convolvulaceae.