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June 2025

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Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa

This subspecies name was first published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 31: 368. 1944  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this subspecies 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-0001104466.

Synonyms of Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acerates decumbens (L.) Decne. Prodr. 8: 522 (1844) wfo-0000515329
Acerates decumbens var. erecta Durand Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 11: 174 (1860) wfo-0000515330
Asclepias cuneifolia Raf. Autik. Bot. : 179 (1840) wfo-0000551245
Asclepias decumbens L. Sp. Pl. : 216 (1753) wfo-0000551265
Asclepias elliptica Raf. Autik. Bot. : 179 (1840) wfo-0000551293
Asclepias floridana Lam. Encycl. 1: 284 (1783) wfo-0000551334
Asclepias lutea Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 361 (1808) wfo-0000551493
Asclepias revoluta Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 51 (1817) wfo-0000551708
Asclepias tuberosa f. bicolor Standl. Rhodora 32: 33 (1930) wfo-0000551831
Asclepias tuberosa var. cordata Beck Amer. J. Sci. Arts 11: 174 (1826) wfo-0000551832
Asclepias tuberosa var. decumbens (L.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 184 (1813) wfo-0000551833
Asclepias tuberosa f. decumbens (L.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 , 1: 663 (1894) wfo-0000551834
Asclepias tuberosa f. flavescens Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 36 (1923) wfo-0000551835
Asclepias tuberosa var. flexuosa J.James Bot. Gaz. 13: 271 (1888) wfo-0000551837
Asclepias tuberosa f. lutea Clute Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 18: 73 (1912) wfo-0000551840
Asclepias tuberosa var. prealta Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264. 1828 wfo-0001381400
Asclepias tuberosa var. undulata Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264. 1828 wfo-0001381401
Asclepias tuberosa var. angustifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 264. 1828 wfo-0001381402