Asclepias viridiflora

Asclepias viridiflora

Taxonavigation

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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 viridiflora

Name

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Asclepias viridiflora Raf., 1808

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Gomphocarpus viridiflorus (Raf.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 849 (1824).
    • Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 5: 90 (1829).
  • Heterotypic
    • Asclepias lanceolata E.Ives, Amer. J. Sci. (New York), ed. 2, 1: 252 (1819), nom. illeg.
    • Asclepias viridiflora var. lanceolata Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 284 (1824).
    • Asclepias viridiflora var. pubescentitomentosa Hook., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 101 (1835).
    • Polyotus heterophyllus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 199 (1835).
    • Asclepias nutans Muhl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 146 (1840), not validly publ.
    • Acerates viridiflora var. lanceolata (Torr.) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 99 (1878).
    • Acerates bifida Rusby ex A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 295 (1885).
    • Acerates viridiflora var. ivesii Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 265 (1894), nom. superfl.
    • Acerates ivesii Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 509 (1915).

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: green comet milkweed
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