Asclepias curassavica L.

Asclepias curassavica

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 curassavica

Name

Asclepias curassavica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 215 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 418 (1891).

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 150 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias bicolor Moench, Methodus 717 (1794), nom. illegit.
  • Asclepias cubensis Wender, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 830 (1843).
  • Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada, J. Jap. Bot. 47(7): 203 (1972).
  • Asclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C. Ho Pl. Taiwan in Colour 3: 280, 355 (1982).
  • Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24(1): 229 (1879).
  • Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 389 (1899).
  • Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmannsegg ex Schult., in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 86 (1820).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Peru, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Galapagos Isl., Bermuda, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Panama, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca), Paraguay (Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia), Ecuador, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Cauca, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Isla Margarita References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 215. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L.. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L. in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L.. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias curassavica L. in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 27.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias curassavica L.. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias curassavica L. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Vernacular names

English: bloodflower
suomi: Punasilkkiyrtti
Nederlands: Frederiksbloem
lea faka-Tonga: Tuʻulapepe

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