Asclepias speciosa

Asclepias speciosa

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 speciosa

Name

Asclepias speciosa Torr. (1827).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias douglasii Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 53, t. 97 (1837).
  • Asclepias longicornis Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 65 (1855).
  • Asclepias giffordii Eastw., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20(5): 150 (1931).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Torrey, J. 1827. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 2: 218.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias speciosa. 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 speciosa 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 speciosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias speciosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias speciosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: showy milkweed

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