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Asclepias L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000003243.

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Asclepias:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias acerateoides (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias aceratoides M.A.Curtis Amer. J. Sci. Arts — wfo-0000551066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias acida Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 — wfo-0000551067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias acornuta Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. wfo-0000551068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias alatas Schltr. – — wfo-0001285773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias alba Cav. Icon. wfo-0000551079
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias alexifarmacas Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes wfo-0000551086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias angadensis S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. — wfo-0000551099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias angulosa Regel Cat. Pl. Hort. Aksakov. wfo-0000551100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias angustata (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias angustifolia Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. wfo-0000551105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias angustissima Andersson Galapagos Veg. wfo-0000551106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias anisophylla Conrath & Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias annularia Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias aphylla Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. wfo-0000551110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias aphylla Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. wfo-0000551111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias appendiculata (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551116
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias arenicola Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club wfo-0000551122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias argentata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten wfo-0000551123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias arvensis Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias asthmatica L.f. Suppl. Pl. wfo-0000551129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias axillaris Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias barbata Linnaeus ex Jackson Index Linn. Herb. — wfo-0001103905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias campestris Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias canina Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten wfo-0000551178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias chloroglossa Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias cirrosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. wfo-0000551190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias clusiifolia Horsf. ex Schult. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000551195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias coccinea N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias concolor (Decne.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias confusa (Scott-Elliot) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias consanguinea Kunze Linnaea wfo-0000551210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias contorta Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. wfo-0000551213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias convolvulacea B.Heyne ex Decne. Prodr. wfo-0000551216
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias cordata Burm.f. Fl. Indica wfo-0000551220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias cordata Sessé & Moc. Pl. Nov. Hisp. — wfo-0000551224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias cuneifolia Raf. Autik. Bot. wfo-0000551245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias curvipes A.Nelson Bull. Torrey Bot. Club wfo-0000551253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias cutea Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. — wfo-0001102748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias dealbata (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias debilis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. wfo-0000551262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias demissa Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. wfo-0000551267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias densa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. wfo-0001102749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias dichotoma Rottler Numer. List wfo-0000551276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias dilatata Linnaeus ex Jackson Index Linn. Herb. — wfo-0001103906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias dioscoridis Fraas Syn. Pl. Fl. Class. wfo-0000551278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias elegans Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551292
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias eustegioides (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias ferruginea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000551320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias filiformis L.f. Suppl. Pl. wfo-0000551323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias floridana Lam. Encycl. wfo-0000551334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias forskalii Roem. & Schult. – — wfo-0001285821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias forskohei Schult. Syst. Veg. — wfo-0001102750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias friesii Schltr. Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. wfo-0000551347
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias fusca Lour. Fl. Cochinch. wfo-0000551350
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias fuscata Willd. Enum. Pl. wfo-0000551351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias galpinii (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias geminiflora (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias gerrardii (Harv.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias gigantiflora (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias glabra Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. wfo-0000551368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias gladewitzii Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist wfo-0000551369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias gomphocarpoides (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias graminea Lam. Encycl. wfo-0000551380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias grandiflora L.f. Suppl. Pl. wfo-0000551381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias grantii (Oliv.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551384
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias greeniana Nutt. ex W.Baxter & Wooster Suppl. Hort. Brit. — wfo-0000551387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias harveyana Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias humistriata J.J.A. Van der Walt – — wfo-0001220316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias incarnata Walter Fl. Carol. wfo-0000551404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias inflexa S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias insignis (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias javanica Burm. ex Decne. Prodr. wfo-0000551427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias katangensis S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias klaprothiana Schult. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000551434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias kotolo Eastw. Zoe wfo-0000551435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias laxiflora Perr. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. wfo-0000551459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias laxiflora (Benth.) Decne. Prodr. wfo-0000551460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias ledofolia Torr. – — wfo-0001220375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias linearifolia Pav. ex Decne. Prodr. wfo-0000551474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias lineolatus S. Moore – — wfo-0001285806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias linifolia Lag. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000551478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias lonchophylla Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. wfo-0000551481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias longicornis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. wfo-0000551482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias longiflora Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. wfo-0000551485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias lutea Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 wfo-0000551492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias mackenii (Harv.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias macra Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias macrantha Hochst. ex Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London wfo-0000551498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias macrochila Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias macropetala (Schltr. & K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551500
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias maritima Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. wfo-0000551514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias media Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000551522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias microphylla Roth ex Schult. Syst. Veg. wfo-0000551534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias monantha Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias moorei De Wild. Contr. Fl. Katanga wfo-0000551544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias muhindensis N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias multicaulis Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias multicaulis (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias munonquensis S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias nitida Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias nivea Urb. Symb. Antill. — wfo-0001104221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias nuda Thonn. & Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. wfo-0000551575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias nutans Muhl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000551578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias obtusata Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. wfo-0000551587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias obtusifolia Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. wfo-0000551588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias ochroleuca (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias odorata (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias odoratissima Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias orbicularis (E.Mey.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pachyclada (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pachyglossa (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pachystephana (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pallida Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551608
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias parasitica Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000743343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pauciflora (Klotzsch) E.A.Bruce Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew wfo-0000551625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias petherickiana (Oliv.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias phillipsiae N.E. Br. – — wfo-0001285828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias plicata B.Heyne ex Schult. Syst. Veg. — wfo-0000551647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias praticola S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias princeps Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET) wfo-0000551655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias procumbens Raf. Fl. Ludov. wfo-0000551658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias prolifera Rottler ex Ainslie Mater. Ind. wfo-0000551659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias propinqua N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew wfo-0000551660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pseudocrispa Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pseudosarsa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias pulchella Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias quinqueflora Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias ratiata S. Moore J. Bot. — wfo-0001103907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias rectinervis (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias reflectens (E.Mey.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias reflexa (Britten & Rendle) Britten & Rendle Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. — wfo-0000551704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias repanda Forssk. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000551706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias repanda Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Madrid) wfo-0000551707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias rhacodes (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias rigidus Schltr. – — wfo-0001285788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias robusta (A.Rich.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. wfo-0000551714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias rothrockii Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. wfo-0000551720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias salicifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab. — wfo-0000551735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias scabra (Harv.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias scabridifolia Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias scandens Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 wfo-0000551741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias scandens Sessé & Moc. Pl. Nov. Hisp. — wfo-0000551743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias schinziana (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551747
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias simpsonii Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. wfo-0000551765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias singularis Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias spectabile N.E. Br. – — wfo-0001285829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias spectabilis N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew wfo-0000551773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias spinosa Vell. Fl. Flumin. wfo-0000551776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias stockenstromense Schltr. – — wfo-0001285789
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias stockenstromensis (Scott-Elliot) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias suberosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias subulata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. wfo-0000551791
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias sulphurea Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tenuifolia Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551813
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tenuis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India wfo-0000551814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tenuissima Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551816
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tetrapetala Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab. wfo-0000551817
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tinctoria Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 wfo-0000551819
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tingens Roxb. Pl. Coromandel wfo-0000551820
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias transvaalensis (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tricorniculata Schltr. – — wfo-0001285832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias truncata Willd. Enum. Pl. wfo-0000551828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tunicata Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India wfo-0000551843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias tysoniana Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551844
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias uvirensis S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias valida (Schltr.) Schltr. J. Bot. wfo-0000551853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias vexillare Schltr. – — wfo-0001285792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias vexillata Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. wfo-0000551873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias villosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 wfo-0000551876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias volubilis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India wfo-0000551897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias vomeriformis S.Moore J. Bot. wfo-0000551898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias vomitoria K.D.Koenig ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India wfo-0000551899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias xysmalobioides Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh wfo-0000551908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asclepias zeylanica Burm. ex Decne. Prodr. wfo-0000551911