Asclepias glaucescens

Asclepias glaucescens

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 glaucescens

Name

Asclepias glaucescensKunth,1819

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias sullivantiiTorr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 163 (1858), sensu auct.
  • Asclepias glaberrimaSessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 43 (1888).
  • Asclepias plumieriifoliaRam.Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 2: 658 (1911).
  • Asclepias polyphyllaBrandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 371 (1917).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica References:Brummitt, R.K.2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2ndEdition

References

• Kunth, C.S.1819.Nov. Gen. Sp.3: 290

Links

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• Hassler, M.2018.Asclepias glaucescens.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the WorldIn: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 28.Reference page.
• Govaerts, R.et al.2018.Asclepias glaucescensinKew Science Plants of the World Online.The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index.2018.Asclepias glaucescens.Published online. Accessed: Sep 28 2018.
• The Plant List2013.Asclepias glaucescensin The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 28.
• Tropicos.org2018.Asclepias glaucescens.Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English:nodding milkweed

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