Calotropis gigantea

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: Calotropis
Species: Calotropis gigantea

Name

Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 2: 78 1811.

Basionym

Asclepias gigantea
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 214. Reference page.

Synonyms

Calotropis gigantiea (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. Syst. Veg. 6: 91. 1820.
Madorius giganteus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 421. 1891.
Periploca chinensis Decne., Prodr. (de Candolle) 8: 499. 1844, nom. illeg. non Spreng. (1824).
Periploca cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochin. 1: 167. 1790.
Streptocaulon cochinchinense (Lour.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 162. 1837.

References

Hortus kew. ed. 2, 2:78. 1811
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Calotropis gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Feb 2009 [1].

Vernacular names

বাংলা: আকন্দ
English: Giant Idian milkweed
ગુજરાતી: આંકડો
हिन्दी: मदार
magyar: Koronavirág
मराठी: रुई
नेपाली: आँक
ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ଅରଖ
संस्कृतम्: अर्कसस्यम्
svenska: Kronbuske

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