Asclepias syriaca L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into:
Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Italy, Kirgizstan, Krym, Netherlands, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, Oregon, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Asclepias fragrans Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 354 (1808), nom. illeg.
- Asclepias serica Raf., Autik. Bot.: 179 (1840), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Asclepias apocinum Gaterau, Desc. Pl. Montauban: 58 (1789)
- Asclepias consanguinea Kunze, Linnaea 20: 26 (1847)
- Asclepias cornuti Decne., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 564 (1844)
- Asclepias globosa Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 4 (1812)
- Asclepias grandifolia Bertol., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 3: 189 (1851)
- Asclepias illinoensis Michx. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 146 (1840)
- Asclepias intermedia Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 459 (1904)
- Asclepias obtusifolia Kunze, Linnaea 20: 27 (1847), pro syn.
- Asclepias pubescens Moench, Methodus: 716 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Asclepias pubigera Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 52 (1827)
- Asclepias syriaca f. inermis J.R.Churchill, Rhodora 20: 207 (1919)
- Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha Dore, Rhodora 46: 387 (1944)
- Asclepias syriaca f. polyphylla B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 521 (1967)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Fischer, M.A. & Niklfeld, H. (eds.) (2011). Floristische Neufunde (99-123). Neilreichia 6: 365-396.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
- USDA, NRCS (2005-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
- USDA, NRCS (2005-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
- Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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3946.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images