Calotropis procera

Calotropis procera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Calotropis
Species: Calotropis procera

Name

Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 78. 1811.

Basionym

• Asclepias procera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 305. 1789.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Apocynum syriacum S.G. Gmel., Reise Russland 2: 198, 257. 1774.
  • Asclepias gigantea Jacq. nom. illeg.
  • Calotropis busseana K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33. 323. 1903.
  • Calotropis gigantea var. procera (Aiton) P.T. Li, J. S. China Agric. Univ., 12(3): 39. 1991.
  • Calotropis hamiltonii Wight, Contrib. Ind. Bot. 53. 1834.
  • Calotropis heterophylla Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 8217. 1847. nom inval. ?
  • Calotropis inflexa Chiov., Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, 1936, Ser. IV. vii. (Fl. Somala, III) 139.
  • Calotropis persica Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59. 1918.
  • Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38(2): 289. 1980.
  • Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmelin) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 148. 1930.
  • Calotropis wallichii Wight, Contrib. Ind. Bot. 53. 1834.
  • Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 421. 1891.

References

• Hortus kew. ed. 2, 2:78. 1811
• Calotropis procera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.
• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Feb 2009 [1].

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Oscher
English: Apple of Sodom
Français: Pommier de Sodome
Svenska: Gråbladig kronbuske, sodomäpple

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