Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (1).jpg
Native to 41 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 98 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde (Apolo)
-14.444722, -67.884722
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda
Notes
Hierba 0,6 m con late; flores rojas con coronas amarillas.
Location
United States, California, Sonoma (Sonoma State University Arboretum)
Location Remarks
City of Rohnert Park, off Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Asclepias
Specific Epithet
curassavica
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#285,124 of 335,497
Top 85%
Extinction probability
10%
