Asclepias cordifolia

Asclepias cordifolia

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 cordifolia

Name

Asclepias cordifolia (Benth.) Jepson, 1901

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acerates cordifolia Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 323 (1849).
• Homotypic
  • Gomphocarpus cordifolius (Benth.) Benth. ex A.Gray in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 1: 477 (1876).
• Heterotypic
  • Acerates atropurpurea Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 65 (1855).
  • Asclepias acornuta Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 54 (1855).
  • Asclepias ecornuta Kellogg ex A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 100 (1878), not validly publ

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (California, Nevada, Oregon) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Jepson, W.L. 1901. Flora of Western Middle California, A 384.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias cordifolia. 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 cordifolia 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 cordifolia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias cordifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 27.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias cordifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias cordifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: heartleaf milkweed

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