Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu

Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu

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 asperula
Subspecies: Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu

Name

Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu (Woodson) Woodson, 1954

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asclepias capricornu Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 32: 370 (1945).
• Heterotypic
  • Anantherix angustifolia Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 146 (1832).
  • Anantherix decumbens Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 207 (1835).
  • Anantherix nuttaliana G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 146 (1837).
  • Asclepiodora decumbens (Nutt.) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 67 (1876).
  • Asclepias decumbens (Nutt.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 239 (1895), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias capricornu subsp. occidentalis Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 32: 371 (1945).
  • Asclepias asperula var. decumbens (Nutt.) Shinners, Field & Lab. 22: 58 (1954).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Woodson, R.E 1954. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41: 195.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias asperula. 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 asperula subsp. capricornu 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 asperula subsp. capricornu. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: antelope horns

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