Asclepias cinerea

Asclepias cinerea

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 cinerea

Name

Asclepias cinerea Walter, Fl. Carol.: 105. Apr–Jun (1788).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias cinerea. 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 cinerea 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 cinerea. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias cinerea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 27.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias cinerea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2018.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias cinerea. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jun 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Carolina milkweed

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