Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias fascicularis

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 fascicularis

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

• Decaisne, J. 1844. Prodr. 8: 509.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias fascicularis. 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 fascicularis 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 fascicularis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias fascicularis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias fascicularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias fascicularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican whorled milkweed, Narrowleaf milkweed

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