Milkweed

Asclepias L. (1753) est genus plantarum herbacearum perennium dicotyledonum quod plus quam 140 species notas includit. Ea in familia Asclepiadacearum olim fuit, sed illa familia nunc describitur subfamilia Asclepiadoidearum familiae Apocynacearum.

Species

Nonnullae Asclepiadum species, cum nominibus Anglicis:

Asclepias albicans whitestem milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis blunt-leaved milkweed Asclepias asperula antelope horns Asclepias californica California milkweed Asclepias cordifolia heart-leaf milkweed Asclepias cryptoceras pallid milkweed Asclepias curassavica scarlet milkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodroot, bloodflower, bastard ipecacuanha Asclepias eriocarpa woollypod milkweed Asclepias erosa desert milkweed Asclepias exaltata poke milkweed Asclepias fascicularis narrow-leaf milkweed Asclepias fruticosa syn. Gomphocarpus fruticosus swan plant, African milkweed Asclepias humistrata sandhill milkweed Asclepias incarnata swamp milkweed Asclepias lanceolata lanceolate milkweed Asclepias linaria pine-needle milkweed Asclepias linearis slim milkweed Asclepias meadii Mead's milkweed Asclepias nyctaginifolia Mojave milkweed Asclepias obovata pineland milkweed Asclepias physocarpa balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, giant swan plant, testicle tree, bishop's balls, or swan plant Asclepias purpurascens purple milkweed Asclepias quadrifolia four-leaved milkweed Asclepias rubra red milkweed Asclepias solanoana serpentine milkweed Asclepias speciosa showy milkweed Asclepias subulata rush milkweed, leafless milkweed Asclepias sullivantii Sullivant's milkweed Asclepias syriaca common milkweed Asclepias tuberosa butterfly weed, pleurisy root Asclepias variegata white milkweed Asclepias verticillata whorled milkweed Asclepias vestita woolly milkweed Asclepias vincetoxicum Asclepias viridiflora

Usus

Nexus interni

• Index utilium herbarum inutilium
• Index plantarum adfabilium

Bibliographia

• Everitt, J. H., R. L. Lonard, et C. R. Little. 2007. Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2.

Nexus externi

• Asclepias in Handbook of Energy Crops, apud situm hort.purdue.edu
• Investigationes medicae, apud situm terapeta.net
• "Milkweed test-cultivated for the insulation value of floss," apud situm hort.purdue.edu
• "Common milkweed production research at Western Illinois University," apud situm wiu.edu
• UVSC Herbarium: Asclepias, apud situm herbarium.uvsc.edu
• Pinacotheca Asclepiadum, apud situm butterflyencounters.com

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