Asclepias glaucescens

Asclepias glaucescens

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 glaucescens

Name

Asclepias glaucescens Kunth, 1819

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias sullivantii Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 163 (1858), sensu auct.
  • Asclepias glaberrima Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 43 (1888).
  • Asclepias plumieriifolia Ram.Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 2: 658 (1911).
  • Asclepias polyphylla Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 371 (1917).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kunth, C.S. 1819. Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 290

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 glaucescens. 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 glaucescens 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 glaucescens. Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias glaucescens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias glaucescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: nodding milkweed

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