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Taxon

Asclepias curassavica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 215. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (1).jpg

Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (1).jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (3).jpg

Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (3).jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (2).jpg

Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gdn. SRC15 Jan 03. 143 (2).jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Garden. 15 Jan 03. 132.jpg

Asclepias curassavica--FL. Fairchild Trop. Garden. 15 Jan 03. 132.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 442.jpg

Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 442.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 440.jpg

Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 440.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 443.jpg

Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 443.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 441.jpg

Asclepias curassavica, AAMurakami1640--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 441.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 012.jpg

Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 010.jpg

Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 013.jpg

Asclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 011.jpg

Aclepias curassavica--CA. Sonoma Co. Sonoma St U. Arboretum. 24 Oct 03. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

October 24, 2003

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

Araujo Murakami, A 1640

November 29, 2004

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.

No collection number

January 14, 2003

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Asclepias

Specific Epithet

curassavica

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#285,124 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →