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Taxon: Araujia sericifera Brot.

Genus: Araujia
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Asclepiadoideae tribe: Asclepiadeae subtribe: Oxypetalinae. Also placed in: Asclepiadaceae
Nomen number: 3841
Place of publication: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12:62, t. 4-5. 1818 "sericofera" ("1817")
Name verified on: 28-Mar-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jan-2010
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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 Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • bladder-flower   (Source: Invaders Database ) – English
  • cruelplant   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  • moth-catcher   (Source: Taxon 41:746. 1992) – English
  • mothvine   (Source: Taxon 41:746. 1992) – English
  • motvanger   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
    Southern South America: Argentina - Misiones; Paraguay; Uruguay

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • naturalized in s. Europe, s. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, w. United States, s. South America, & the Azores

References:

  • Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana. (L Parana)
  • Angely, J. A. 1970. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Anal Sao 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. (L Peru) [mentions].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979. Index nomina genericorum.; suppl. 1986 (ING)
  • Forster, P. I. & P. V. Bruyns. 1992. Clarification of synonymy for the common moth-vine Araujia sericifera (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 41:746–749.
  • 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. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana - on-line resource. (Invaders Database)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • 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 (L Argent)
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Check other databases for Araujia sericifera Brot.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3841 (09 February 2010)

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