Group: Dicot Rank: genus Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 3rd, C, 248

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 214–217. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)
Type Specimens

• LT: Asclepias syriaca L. LT designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 136 (1929)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist System    

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Asteranae Takht.
• order:  Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Apocynaceae Juss.

Projects: Antioquia , China , Ecuador , IPCN , Madagascar , Madidi , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Missouri , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Paraguay , Peru , SNR

Common Names:

• ma li jin shu (Pinyin, China)
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1995. Flora of China (Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae). 16: 1–479. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
• milkweed (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: BCA, BOL, CEC, FCC, MC, PAK, FNA
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