Taxon: Araujia sericifera Brot.

• the 6 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• bladder-flower   (Source: Invaders Database ) – English
  
• Cape-dandelion   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• cruelplant   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• moth-catcher   (Source: Taxon 41:746. 1992) – English
  
• mothplant   (Source: F NZeal ) – English
  
• mothvine   (Source: Taxon 41:746. 1992) – English
  
• Peruvian-creeper   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• white mothplant   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• white mothvine   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• motvanger   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• cipó-de-sapo   (Source: L Brasil Online ) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• fjärilsgömma   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide P. V. Bruyns, pers. comm. 1996; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe; Paraguay - Alto Parana, Guaira, Itapua; Uruguay

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Western Cape
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Austr. Capital Terr., New South Wales [e.], Queensland [s.e.], South Australia [s.e.]
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.]; Portugal; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina
• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
• Angely, J. A. 1970. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo.
• Barton, J. 2008. The noose tightens for moth plant. What's New Biol. Control Weeds 45:6–7. [differs from A. hortorum E. Fourn., the plant naturalized in Australia & New Zealand].
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. [mentions].
• Bruyns, P. V. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979. Index nomina genericorum.; suppl. 1986
• Forster, P. I. & P. V. Bruyns. 1992. Clarification of synonymy for the common moth-vine Araujia sericifera (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 41:746–749.
• Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Araujia sericifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Araujia sericifera.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Araujia sericifera.

Check other web resources for Araujia sericifera Brot.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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