Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias fascicularis

Taxonavigation edit

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 fascicularis

Name edit

Asclepias fascicularis Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, 1844

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Asclepias macrophylla var. comosa Durand & Hilg., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 3: 41 (1854).
    • Asclepias fasciculata Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 324 (1881), orth. var.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • USA (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington State)
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Mexican whorled milkweed, Narrowleaf milkweed
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