Asclepias rubra L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 217 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New York to Texas. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Asclepias acuminata Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 182 (1813)
- Asclepias cordata Walter in Fl. Carol.: 105 (1788), nom. illeg.
- Asclepias lancifolia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 77 (1821)
- Asclepias laurifolia Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 117 (1803)
- Asclepias periplocifolia Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 167 (1818)
- Asclepias polystachya Walter in Fl. Carol.: 107 (1788)
- Asclepias rubra var. laurifolia (Michx.) R.M.Harper in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 339 (1903)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- USDA, NRCS (2005-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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