Asclepias quadrifolia

Asclepias quadrifolia

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 quadrifolia

Name

Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq., 1767

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias vanilla Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 39 (1818).
  • Asclepias quadrifolia var. oppositifolia Raf., Autik. Bot.: 177 (1840).
  • Asclepias quadrifolia var. lanceolata Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 566 (1844).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

• Jacquin, N.J.v. 1767. Observ. Bot. 2: 8 (1767)

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias quadrifolia. 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 quadrifolia 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 quadrifolia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias quadrifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias quadrifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias quadrifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: fourleaf milkweed

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