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Asclepias syriaca
L.
- broadleaf milkweed
(plant)
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Asclepias (Genus)
..Asclepias curassavica (Species) - bloodflower
..Asclepias incarnata (Species) - rose milkweed
..Asclepias tuberosa (Species) - butterfly milkweed
..Asclepias syriaca (Species) - broadleaf milkweed
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Linnaeus
Original name
:
L., 1762. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 214.
Types
Type of
:
Asclepias
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
Hitchcock Aug 1929. Prop. Brit. Bot. : 136.
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new
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Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Asclepias cornuta
(Decne.) Cordem.
Ref:
R.C. van Caenegem et al. (eds.), 1984
Synonymous name
:
Asclepias intermedia
Vail
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Asclepias kansana
Vail
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Asclepias syriaca
var.
kansana
(Vail) Palmer & Steyermark
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zijdeplant
Ref:
NVWA
: 2 Aug 2017.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
broadleaf milkweed
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