Asclepias variegata

Asclepias variegata

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 variegata

Name

Asclepias variegata L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Biventraria variegata (L.) Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 1072 (1933).
• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias citrifolia Jacq., Collectanea 2: 290 (1789).
  • Asclepias hybrida Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 115 (1803).
  • Asclepias variegata var. major Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 52 (1837).
  • Asclepias variegata var. minor Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 52 (1837).
  • Asclepias lindleyi Gillies ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 145 (1840).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, 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: 215. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: redring milkweed

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