Asclepias viridis

Asclepias viridis

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 viridis

Name

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Asclepias viridis Walter (1788)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Anantherix viridis (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 169 (1818).
    • Asclepiodora viridis (Walter) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 66 (1877).
    • Gomphocarpus viridis (Walter) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 849 (1824).
    • Podostigma viride (Walter) Ell., Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 327 (1817).
  • Heterotypic
    • Acerates paniculata (Nutt.) Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 521 (1844).
    • Anantherix grandiflora Raf., New Fl. 4: 59 (1836) publ (1838).
    • Anantherix ovata Raf., Atl. J. 146 (1832).
    • Anantherix paniculata Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 5: 203 (1837).
    • Anantherix torreyana G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 146 (1837).
    • Asclepias longipetala Scheele, Linnaea 21: 757 (1848).
    • Asclepias procumbens Raf., Fl. Ludov. 51 (1817).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia)

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

References

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  • Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. : 107
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Vernacular names

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English: Green antelopehorn
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