Asclepias exaltata

Asclepias exaltata

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 exaltata

Name

Asclepias exaltata L., 1756

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asclepias syriaca var. exaltata (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 313 (1762).
• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias nivea Sims, Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1181 (1809), sensu auct.
  • Asclepias phytolaccoides G.F.Lyon ex Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 180 (1813).
  • Asclepias bicknellii Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 458 (1904).

Homonyms

• Asclepias exaltata Link ex Spreng. = Asclepias viridis Walt.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Ontario, Quebec) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1756. Amoen. Acad. 3: 404.

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 exaltata. 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 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias exaltata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias exaltata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias exaltata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias exaltata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias exaltata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: poke milkweed

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