Asclepias adscendens

Asclepias adscendens

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 adscendens

Name

Asclepias adscendens (Schltr.) Schltr., 1896

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gomphocarpus adscendens Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 16 (1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1896. J. Bot. 34: 455

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias adscendens. 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 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias adscendens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias adscendens. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias adscendens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias adscendens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: wawiele
English: cartwheels

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