Asclepias lanceolata

Asclepias lanceolata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: Asclepias lanceolata

Name

Asclepias lanceolata Walter, Fl. Carol.: 105. Apr–Jun 1788.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Otanema lanceolata (Walter) Raf., New Fl. 4: 61 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias paupercula Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 118. 1803.
    • Asclepias lanceolata var. paupercula (Michx.) Fernald, Rhodora 37: 438. 1935.
  • Asclepias serpentaria Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 52. 1817.
  • Asclepias lanceolata f. flaviflora Fernald, Rhodora 45: 458. 1943.

Homonyms

• Asclepias lanceolata Ives = Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New Jersey. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Walter, T. , 1788. Fl. Carol. 105.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias lanceolata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias lanceolata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias lanceolata. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias lanceolata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias lanceolata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sept. 2018.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: fewflower milkweed

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