Cuscuta americana L., Sp. Pl. 1: 124. 1753 sec. Costea & al. 2015
- ≡Nemepis americana (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 91. 1838 syn. sec. Costea & al. 2015
- =Cuscuta surinamensis Schill., Desc. Pl. Lepr.: 200, t. 2. 1778 syn. sec. Castro-Lara 2008
- =Cuscuta graveolens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 122. 1818 syn. sec. Castro-Lara 2008
- =Cuscuta spectabilis Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 283, pl. 5, fl. 1. 1841 syn. sec. Castro-Lara 2008
- =Cuscuta leiolepis Miq. in Linnaea 18: 247. 1844 syn. sec. Castro-Lara 2008
- =Cuscuta americana var. congesta (Benth.) Progel, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 376. 1871 syn. sec. Costea & al. 2015
- =Cuscuta americana var. spectabilis (Choisy) Progel, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 377. 1871 syn. sec. Costea & al. 2015
- =Cuscuta congesta Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph.: 138. 1845 syn. sec. Castro-Lara 2008