Asclepias mellodora

Asclepias mellodora

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 mellodora

Name

Asclepias mellodora A.St.-Hil., 1824

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias mellodora var. minor A.St.-Hil., Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil: 299 (1825).
  • Asclepias umbellata Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: 118, t. 66 (1829).
  • Asclepias citrifolia Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 295 (1835), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias citrifolia var. angustifolia Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 295 (1835).
  • Asclepias campestris Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 566 (1844), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias nervosa Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 568 (1844).
  • Asclepias curassavica Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 159 (1874), sensu auct.
  • Asclepias curupi E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 14: 384 (1882).
  • Asclepias multinervis E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 14: 383 (1882).
  • Asclepias pallida E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 14: 383 (1882), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias montevidensis Spreng. ex E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 202 (1885).
  • Asclepias selloana E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 202 (1885).
  • Asclepias jangadensis S.Moore, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 398 (1895).
  • Asclepias campestris var. angustifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 199 (1898).
  • Asclepias campestris var. schlechteri Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 199 (1898).
  • Asclepias marginata var. bodenbenderi Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 199 (1898).
  • Asclepias hassleriana Malme, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 63 (1903).
  • Asclepias papillosa Silveira, Fl. Serr. Min.: 10 (1908).
  • Asclepias subulata Larrañaga, Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 98 (1923), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias campestris f. rosea Stuck. ex Seckt, Revista Univ. Nac. Cordoba 17(5-6): 68 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Paraguari, San Pedro), Uruguay (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo), N-Brazil (Para), NE-Brazil (Bahia, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Saint-Hilaire, A.F.C.P. 1824. Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil 227.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias mellodora. 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 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias mellodora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias mellodora. Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias mellodora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias mellodora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias mellodora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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