Calotropis procera
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Gentianales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Calotropis
Species: Calotropis procera
Name
[edit]Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 78 (1811).
Synonyms
[edit]- Basionym
- Asclepias procera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 305 (1789).
- Homotypic
- Heterotypic
- Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel., Reise Russland 2: 18, 257 (1774).
- Apocynum syriacum Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: 114 (1764), opus utiq. oppr.
- Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmel.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 148 (1930).
- Asclepias gigantea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 1264 (1798), nom. illeg.
- Calotropis heterophylla Wall. ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 54 (1834), nom. nud.
- Calotropis hamiltonii Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 53 (1834).
- Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 289 (1980).
- Calotropis wallichii Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 53 (1834).
- Asclepias patula Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 536 (1844).
- Calotropis persica Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918).
- Calotropis inflexa Chiov., Atti Ist. Bot. "Giovani Briosi", ser. 4, 7: 139 (1936).
- Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel., Reise Russland 2: 18, 257 (1774).
Distribution
[edit]Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Aiton, W.T. 1811. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn. Vol. II., iii + 432 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Calotropis procera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2023. Calotropis procera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
- International Plant Names Index. 2023. Calotropis procera. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
- Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calotropis procera. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
- Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Calotropis procera in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6.
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Calotropis procera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Vernacular names
[edit]čeština: plchoplod otevřený, sodomské jablko
Deutsch: Oscher
English: Apple of Sodom, Swallow wort
suomi: Sodomanmadari
français: Pommier de Sodome, Arbre à soie du Sénégal
עברית: פְּתִילַת־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגְּדוֹלָה; תַּפּוּחַ סְדוֹם
magyar: Szodomai alma
svenska: Gråbladig kronbuske, sodomäpple
Deutsch: Oscher
English: Apple of Sodom, Swallow wort
suomi: Sodomanmadari
français: Pommier de Sodome, Arbre à soie du Sénégal
עברית: פְּתִילַת־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגְּדוֹלָה; תַּפּוּחַ סְדוֹם
magyar: Szodomai alma
svenska: Gråbladig kronbuske, sodomäpple
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