Asclepias viridis

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 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. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

English: Green antelopehorn
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