Asclepias purpurascens

Asclepias purpurascens

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 purpurascens

Name

Asclepias purpurascens L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias amoena L., Sp. Pl.: 214 (1753).
  • Asclepias compressa Moench, Methodus: 717 (1794).
  • Asclepias dasypus Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 152 (1832).
  • Asclepias gonalis Raf., Autik. Bot.: 178 (1840).
  • Asclepias lasiotis Raf., Autik. Bot.: 178 (1840).

Homonyms

• Asclepias purpurascens Georgi = Vincetoxicum purpurascens C. Morr. & Decne.
• Asclepias purpurascens Walt. = Asclepias solanoana Woods.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 214. Reference page. 

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 purpurascens. 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 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias purpurascens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias purpurascens. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias purpurascens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: purple milkweed

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