Asclepias mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Asclepias mexicana Cav., 1791

Homotypic
- Asclepias verticillata var. mexicana (Cav.) E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 14: 375 (1882).
Heterotypic
- Asclepias macrophylla Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 1: 180 (1847), nom. illeg. hom.

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)

Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias mexicana. 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 mexicana 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 mexicana. Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Asclepias mexicana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias mexicana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Mexican whorled milkweed