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Taxon: Asclepias curassavica L.

Genus: Asclepias
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Asclepiadoideae tribe: Asclepiadeae subtribe: Asclepiadinae. Also placed in: Asclepiadaceae
Nomen number: 4469
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:215. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • bastard-ipecac   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  • bloodflower   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  • bloodflower milkweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • false ipecac   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • scarlet milkweed   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  • ipéca sauvage   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  • oficial-da-sala   (Source: J. Fontella P., p.c.) – Portuguese
  • algodãozinho-do-campo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • camará-bravo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • capitão-de-sala   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • cega-olho   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • erva-de-paina   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • oficial-de-sala   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • paina-de-sapo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • paininha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • algodoncillo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • corcalito   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • flor de sangre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • yuquillo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

  • Harmful organism host: crop diseases; crop pests   (fide WorldWeeds 85. 1997)
  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide F. Albers, pers. comm. 1996)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed; Econ Pl Aust)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • pantropic

      Other:
  • origin neotropics & subtropics

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Fontella P., J. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency) 4:1754.
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • 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)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Woodson. 1954. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41:59.
  • Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Asclepias curassavica L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.
    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?4469 (09 February 2010)

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