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June 2025

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Asclepias verticillata L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 217 (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-0000551862.

Synonyms of Asclepias verticillata L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Asclepias galioides Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 148 (1819) wfo-0000551354
Asclepias linifolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 190 (1819) wfo-0000551477
Asclepias parviflora Leconte ex Decne. Prodr. 8: 570 (1844) wfo-0000551618
Asclepias verticillata var. galioides (Kunth) Decne. Prodr. 8: 569 (1844) wfo-0000551863
Asclepias verticillata var. linifolia (Kunth) Decne. Prodr. 8: 570 (1844) wfo-0000551865
Asclepias verticillata var. leptophylla Torr. Rep. Exped. Zuni & Colorado Rivers 164. 1853 wfo-0000738236