Trachycalymma cristatum (Decne.) Bullock

First published in Kew Bull. 8: 349 (1953)
This name is a synonym of Asclepias palustris

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 64: 369-399. [Cited as Asclepias palustris.]
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530. [Cited as Asclepias palustris.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Trachycalymma cristatum.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 8: 349 (1953).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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