Asclepias erosa

Asclepias erosa

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 erosa

Name

Asclepias erosa Torr., 1858

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias leucophylla Engelm., Amer. Naturalist 9: 348 (1875).
  • Asclepias leucophylla var. obtusa A.Gray in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 1: 620 (1876).
  • Asclepias erosa var. obtusa (A.Gray) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 94 (1878).
  • Asclepias demissa Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 231 (1912).
  • Asclepias obtusata Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 232 (1912).
  • Asclepias rothrockii Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 232 (1912).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Sonora) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Torrey, J. 1858. Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 162

Links

• 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.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias erosa. 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 erosa 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 erosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias erosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 27.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias erosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: desert milkweed

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