Asclepias amplexicaulis

Asclepias amplexicaulis

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 amplexicaulis

Name

Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm., 1797

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias purpurascens Walter, Fl. Carol.: 105 (1788), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias obtusifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 115 (1803).
  • Asclepias rotundifolia Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 152 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias gladewitzii Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 128 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Smith, J.E. 1797. The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous insects of Georgia: including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed / collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years res 1: pl. 7.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias amplexicaulis. 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 amplexicaulis 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 amplexicaulis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias amplexicaulis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias amplexicaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias amplexicaulis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Vernacular names

English: clasping milkweed

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