Asclepias viridis

Asclepias viridis

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 viridis

Name

Asclepias viridis Walter (1788)

Synonyms

• 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

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

• 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

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Green antelopehorn

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