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December 2023

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genus

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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Asclepias

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acerates Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 316 (1817) wfo-4000000192
Aidomene Stopp Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 87: 21. 1967. wfo-4000001016
Anantherix Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 5: 207 (1835) wfo-4000001845
Anthanotis Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 52 (1817) wfo-4000002376
Asclepiodella Small Man. S.E. Fl. 1073. 1933. wfo-4000003245
Asclepiodora A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 66. 1876. (27 Dec 1876) wfo-4000003246
Biventraria Small Man. S.E. Fl. 1072, 1507, f. s.n. [p. 1072]. 1933. wfo-4000004690
Odontostelma Rendle J. Bot. 32: 161, t. 344. 1894. wfo-4000026610
Oligoron Raf. New Fl. 4: 60 (1838) wfo-4000026748
Otanema Raf. New Fl. 4: 61 (1838) wfo-4000027435
Otaria Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: ed. qu. 192. 1819. wfo-4000027438
Oxypteryx Greene Pittonia 3(17C): 234–235. 1897. wfo-4000027583
Podostemma Greene Pittonia 3(17C): 235–238. 1897. wfo-4000030525
Schizonotus A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 66 (1877) wfo-4000034439
Solanoa Greene Pittonia 2(8A): 67. 1890. wfo-4000035681
Solanoana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891) wfo-4000035682
Stylandra Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 170–171. 1818. wfo-4000036979
Trachycalymma Bullock Kew. Bull. 1953: 348. 1953. wfo-4000038699
Acerotis Raf. New Fl. [Rafinesque] i. 49 (1836). wfo-4000044869
Polyotus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 5: 199 (1835) wfo-4001303517

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link