Asclepias verticillata

Asclepias verticillata

Taxonavigation

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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 verticillata

Name

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Asclepias verticillata L., 1753

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Asclepias galioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 148 (1819).
    • Asclepias linifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 190 (1819).
    • Asclepias parviflora Leconte ex Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 570 (1844), not validly publ.
    • Asclepias verticillata var. galioides (Kunth) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 569 (1844).
    • Asclepias verticillata var. linifolia (Kunth) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 570 (1844).
    • Asclepias verticillata var. leptophylla Torr. in L.Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni & Colorado Rivers: 164 (1853).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: whorled milkweed
 
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