Asclepias viridiflora

Asclepias viridiflora

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 viridiflora

Name

Asclepias viridiflora Raf., 1808

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gomphocarpus viridiflorus (Raf.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 849 (1824).
  • Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 5: 90 (1829).
• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias lanceolata E.Ives, Amer. J. Sci. (New York), ed. 2, 1: 252 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Asclepias viridiflora var. lanceolata Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 284 (1824).
  • Asclepias viridiflora var. pubescentitomentosa Hook., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 101 (1835).
  • Polyotus heterophyllus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 199 (1835).
  • Asclepias nutans Muhl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 146 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Acerates viridiflora var. lanceolata (Torr.) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 99 (1878).
  • Acerates bifida Rusby ex A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 295 (1885).
  • Acerates viridiflora var. ivesii Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 265 (1894), nom. superfl.
  • Acerates ivesii Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 509 (1915).

Homonyms

• Asclepias viridiflora (E. Mey.) Goyder = Asclepias dregeana Schltr.
• Asclepias viridiflora (Ker-Gawl.) Roxb. ex Decne. = Marsdenia volubilis (L. fil.) Cooke

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1808. Med. Repos. 2(5): 360

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: green comet milkweed

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