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Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand.

This species name was first published in Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 2: 78. 1811  

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-0000581500.

Synonyms of Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Apocynum syriacum Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. : 114 (1764) wfo-0000245814
Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel. Reise Russland 2: 18, 257 (1774) wfo-0000245825
Asclepias gigantea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 1264 (1798) wfo-0000551364
Asclepias patula Decne. Prodr. 8: 536 (1844) wfo-0000551624
Asclepias procera Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 305 (1789) wfo-0000551657
Calotropis gigantea var. procera (Aiton) P.T.Li J. S. China Agric. Univ. 12(3): 39 (1991) wfo-0000581494
Calotropis hamiltonii Wight Contr. Bot. India : 53 (1834) wfo-0000581495
Calotropis heterophylla Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 8217. 1847 wfo-0000581497
Calotropis inflexa Chiov. Atti Ist. Bot. "Giovani Briosi" , ser. 4, 7: 139 (1936) wfo-0000581498
Calotropis persica Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918) wfo-0000581499
Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 289 (1980) wfo-0000581501
Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmel.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 148 (1930) wfo-0000581503
Calotropis wallichii Wight Contr. Bot. India : 53 (1834) wfo-0000581504
Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891) wfo-0001102840