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Details for: PI 103518,
Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W. T. Aiton
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W. T. Aiton
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
20 Jul 1933
PI Assigned:
1933
Inventory Volume:
116
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W. T. Aiton
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
20 Jul 1933
PI Assigned:
1933
Source History
Collected
India
Collector(s):
O'Brien, W.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W. T. Aiton
Genus:
Calotropis
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Asclepiadeae
Subtribe:
Asclepiadinae
Nomen number:
8652
Place of publication:
Hortus kew. ed. 2, 2:78. 1811
Comment:
the generic treatment and the species description in
Hortus kewensis
is not attributed to "Brown mss." so W. T. Aiton is the author of the name (see
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 46 Ex. 25)
Verified:
07/07/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Asclepias gigantea
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
bowstring-hemp
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
crownflower
1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English
crownplant
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
giant milkwood
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
giant-milkweed
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
arbre à soie
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French
mercure végétal
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
mudar
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Mudarpflanze
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)
madar
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
lechoso
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
kronbuske
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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