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June 2023

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Asclepias curassavica L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 215 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000551246.

Synonyms of Asclepias curassavica L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 150 (1796) wfo-0000551131
Asclepias bicolor Moench Methodus : 717 (1794) wfo-0000551145
Asclepias cubensis Wender. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 830 (1843) wfo-0000551240
Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urb. Symb. Antill. 1: 389 (1899) wfo-0000551248
Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada J. Jap. Bot. 47: 203 (1972) wfo-0000551249
Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 86 (1820) wfo-0000551510
Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 418 (1891) wfo-0000551569
Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 229 1879 wfo-0000738213
Asclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C.Ho Trop. Pl. Taiwan in Colour 3: 280, 355 (1982), without type. wfo-0001323128