Cuscuta babylonica is a species of parasitic plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. It is found in Iraq and Turkmenistan.
The plant shows supernumerary chromosomes which are holocentric during meiosis.Supernumerary chromosomes and their behaviour in meiosis of the holocentric Cuscuta babylonica Choisy. BATIA PAZY, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume123, Issue2, February 1997, Pages 173-176,
It is a parasite of Carthamus glaucus.The effect of Cuscuta babylonica Aucher (Cuscuta) parasitism on the phenolic contents of Carthamus glaucus Bieb.subsp. glaucus. Hilal SURMUŞ ASAN, Hasan Çetin ÖZEN, Iğdır Univ. J. Inst. Sci. & Tech. 6(4): 31-39, 2016 (link )
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Cuscuta babylonica at Tropicos