Asclepias albens

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr., 1896

Basionym
- Pachycarpus albens E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 214 (1838).
Homotypic
- Gomphocarpus albens (E.Mey.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 559 (1839).
- Xysmalobium albens (E.Mey.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 2: 902 (1840).
Heterotypic
- Gomphocarpus affinis Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 27 (1895).
- Asclepias affinis (Schltr.) Schltr., J. Bot. 34: 455 (1896).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias albens. 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 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias albens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias albens. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Asclepias albens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26.
Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias albens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018.

Afrikaans: wawiele
English: cartwheels

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