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Asclepias amplexicaulis

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Asclepias amplexicaulis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

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

Name

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Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm., 1797

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Asclepias purpurascens Walter, Fl. Carol.: 105 (1788), nom. illeg.
    • Asclepias obtusifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 115 (1803).
    • Asclepias rotundifolia Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 152 (1832), nom. illeg.
    • Asclepias gladewitzii Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 128 (1930).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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  • Smith, J.E. 1797. The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous insects of Georgia: including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed / collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years res 1: pl. 7.
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Vernacular names

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  • English: clasping milkweed
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