Asclepias viridis

Taxonavigation

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

Asclepias viridis Walter (1788)

Homotypic
- Anantherix viridis (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 169 (1818).
- Asclepiodora viridis (Walter) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 66 (1877).
- Gomphocarpus viridis (Walter) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 849 (1824).
- Podostigma viride (Walter) Ell., Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 327 (1817).

Heterotypic
- Acerates paniculata (Nutt.) Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 521 (1844).
- Anantherix grandiflora Raf., New Fl. 4: 59 (1836) publ (1838).
- Anantherix ovata Raf., Atl. J. 146 (1832).
- Anantherix paniculata Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 5: 203 (1837).
- Anantherix torreyana G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 146 (1837).
- Asclepias longipetala Scheele, Linnaea 21: 757 (1848).
- Asclepias procumbens Raf., Fl. Ludov. 51 (1817).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. : 107

Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias viridis. 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 Sep 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias viridis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias viridis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Asclepias viridis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias viridis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias viridis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Green antelopehorn

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