(Asclepias spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
Description |
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Milkweeds have opposite or whorled leaves on short leaf stalks; milky latex; inflorescences of umbel-like, many-flowered cymes; and a complex flower structure consisting on an erect cup surrounding, in most species, a prolonged horn. |
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Distribution |
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
Superorder | Asteranae | ||
Order |
Gentianales (gentians, dogbanes, madders, and allies) | ||
Family |
Apocynaceae (dogbane) | ||
Subfamily | Asclepiadoideae (milkweeds) | ||
Tribe | Asclepiadeae | ||
Subtribe | Asclepiadinae | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) four-leaved milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia) ? green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias stenophylla) oval-leaf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie milkweed (Asclepias hirtella) purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) |
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Common Names |
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milkweeds |
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Alfredo Colon 8/8/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, Minnesota |
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Robert Briggs 10/19/2016 |
Location: Southern River Trail, Afton State Park. |
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Created: 11/6/2019
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