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Taxon

Asclepias texana A.Heller

Protologue Contr. Herb. Franklin Marshall Coll. no. 1, 77, pl. 4. 1895IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 005.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 003.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 001.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun  04. 006.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 004.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Asclepias texana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Northeast, Texas (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

June 13, 2004

Location

United States, Texas (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)

Location Remarks

4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin Texas

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Asclepias

Specific Epithet

texana

Authorship

A.Heller

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#244,056 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →