Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias syriaca

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 syriaca

Name

Asclepias syriaca L. (1763)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asclepias fragrans Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 354 (1808), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias serica Raf., Autik. Bot.: 179 (1840), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias apocinum Gaterau, Desc. Pl. Montauban: 58 (1789).
  • Asclepias pubescens Moench, Methodus: 716 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias globosa Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 4 (1812).
  • Asclepias pubigera Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 52 (1827).
  • Asclepias illinoensis Michx. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 146 (1840).
  • Asclepias cornuti Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 564 (1844).
  • Asclepias consanguinea Kunze, Linnaea 20: 26 (1847).
  • Asclepias obtusifolia Kunze, Linnaea 20: 27 (1847), pro syn.
  • Asclepias grandifolia Bertol., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 3: 189 (1851).
  • Asclepias intermedia Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 459 (1904).
  • Asclepias syriaca f. inermis J.R.Churchill, Rhodora 20: 207 (1919).
  • Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha Dore, Rhodora 46: 387 (1944).
  • Asclepias syriaca f. polyphylla B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 521 (1967).

Homonyms

• Asclepias syriaca Blanco = Asclepias curassavica L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1763. Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 313.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias syriaca. 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 syriaca 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 syriaca. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asclepias syriaca in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 29.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias syriaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias syriaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Gwénliche Seinpflaunzen
Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Seidenpflanze
English: common milkweed
suomi: Mesisilkkiyrtti
français: Asclépiade commune
Nederlands: Zijdeplant
српски / srpski: Свиленица / Svilenica, Циганско перје / Cigansko perje, Дивљи дуван / Divlji duvan
Türkçe: Çayır Sütotu (Süt Otu, Yaygın Süt Otu)
Tiếng Việt: Giống bông tai thường

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