African Plant Database


Asclepias gigantea Jacq.
Family : Asclepiadaceae
Family (APGIII) : APOCYNACEAE
Information on the genus : Asclepias
 
 
Status
Status for SA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Asclepias procera Aiton (1789)
=Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton (1811)
=Calotropis inflexa Chiov. (1936)
=Calotropis busseana K. Schum. (1903)

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: (1997).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
 
Map
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Record n°74139
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