Calotropis

Calotropis procera

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: Calotropis
Species: C. acia – C. gigantea – C. procera

Name

Calotropis R.Br., Asclepiadeae: 28 (1810).

• Lectotype species: Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand., designated by Bullock (1957)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Madorius Rumph. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891), nom. superfl.

Homonyms

• Calotropis Post & Kuntze (1903) = Galega L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Cape Verde. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola (introduced), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq (introduced), Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands (introduced), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands (introduced), Malaya, Philippines (introduced), Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands (introduced). Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Society Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Marianas, Wake Island. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae. A Natural Order of Plants Separated from the Apocineae of Jussieu. 67 pp., London. Gallica Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bullock, A.A. (1957) ING card 03911.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Calotropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Calotropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Calotropis. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calotropis. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

suomi: Madarit
svenska: Kronbusksläktet

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