Asclepias

Asclepias syriaca, latice floribusque monstratis

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Plantae — Angiospermae

Eudicotyledones 
Asteridae 
Ordo : Gentianales 
Familia : Apocynaceae 
Subfamilia : Asclepiadoideae 
Genus : Asclepias 
L.

   

Subdivisiones: Species

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Species typica

Asclepias syriaca L. 

Asclepias L. (1753) est genus plantarum herbacearum perennium dicotyledonum quod plus quam 140 species notas includit. Ea in familia Asclepiadacearum olim fuit, sed illa familia nunc describitur subfamilia Asclepiadoidearum familiae Apocynacearum.

Species

Nonnullae Asclepiadum species, cum nominibus Anglicis:

	Asclepias albicans	whitestem milkweed
	Asclepias amplexicaulis	blunt-leaved milkweed
	Asclepias asperula	antelope horns
	Asclepias californica	California milkweed
	Asclepias cordifolia	heart-leaf milkweed
	Asclepias cryptoceras	pallid milkweed
	Asclepias curassavica	scarlet milkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodroot, bloodflower, bastard ipecacuanha
	Asclepias eriocarpa	woollypod milkweed
	Asclepias erosa	desert milkweed
	Asclepias exaltata	poke milkweed
	Asclepias fascicularis	narrow-leaf milkweed
	Asclepias fruticosa syn. Gomphocarpus fruticosus	swan plant, African milkweed
	Asclepias humistrata	sandhill milkweed
	Asclepias incarnata	swamp milkweed
	Asclepias lanceolata	lanceolate milkweed
	Asclepias linaria	pine-needle milkweed
	Asclepias linearis	slim milkweed
	Asclepias meadii	Mead's milkweed
	Asclepias nyctaginifolia	Mojave milkweed
	Asclepias obovata	pineland milkweed
	Asclepias physocarpa	balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, giant swan plant, testicle tree, bishop's balls, or swan plant
	Asclepias purpurascens	purple milkweed
	Asclepias quadrifolia	four-leaved milkweed
	Asclepias rubra	red milkweed
	Asclepias solanoana	serpentine milkweed
	Asclepias speciosa	showy milkweed
	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed, leafless milkweed
	Asclepias sullivantii	Sullivant's milkweed
	Asclepias syriaca	common milkweed
	Asclepias tuberosa	butterfly weed, pleurisy root
	Asclepias variegata	white milkweed
	Asclepias verticillata	whorled milkweed
	Asclepias vestita	woolly milkweed
	Asclepias vincetoxicum
	Asclepias viridiflora

Usus

Legumina Asclepiadis syriacae (apud Baldwinsvilliam Novi Eboraci)

Nexus interni

• Index utilium herbarum inutilium
• Index plantarum adfabilium

Bibliographia

• Everitt, J. H., R. L. Lonard, et C. R. Little. 2007. Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2.

Nexus externi

• Asclepias in Handbook of Energy Crops, apud situm hort.purdue.edu
• Investigationes medicae, apud situm terapeta.net
• "Milkweed test-cultivated for the insulation value of floss," apud situm hort.purdue.edu
• "Common milkweed production research at Western Illinois University," apud situm wiu.edu
• UVSC Herbarium: Asclepias, apud situm herbarium.uvsc.edu
• Pinacotheca Asclepiadum, apud situm butterflyencounters.com

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