Asclepias curassavica L.

Asclepias curassavica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: Asclepias curassavica

Name

Asclepias curassavica L., Sp. Pl. 215. 1753.

Synonyms

Homotypic

Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 418. 1891.

Heterotypic

Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 150. 1796, nom. illeg.
Asclepias bicolor Moench, Methodus 717. 1794, nom. illegit.
Asclepias cubensis Wender, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 830. 1843.
Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada, J. Jap. Bot. 47(7): 203 1972.
Asclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C. Ho Pl. Taiwan in Colour 3: 280, 355. 1982.
Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24(1): 229. 1879.
Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 389. 1899.
Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmannsegg ex Schult., in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 86. 1820.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas)
Continental: Southern America
- - Peru, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Galapagos Isl., Bermuda, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Panama, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca), Paraguay (Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia), Ecuador, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Cauca, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Isla Margarita

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

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 215.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L.. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 27.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L. in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 27.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asclepias curassavica L.. Published online. Accessed Set. 27 2018.

The Plant List 2013. Asclepias curassavica L. in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 27.

Tropicos.org 2018. Asclepias curassavica L. . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 27.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asclepias curassavica L. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.
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.

Vernacular names

English: bloodflower
suomi: Punasilkkiyrtti
Nederlands: Frederiksbloem
lea faka-Tonga: Tuʻulapepe

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