Details for: PI 8987, Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Origin:
Collected – Ghana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 1902
PI Assigned:
1900
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Origin:
Collected – Ghana
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 1902
PI Assigned:
1900
Source History
Collected

Ghana

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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.
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Basionym
Asclepias gigantea L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbowstring-hemp  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishcrownflower  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Englishcrownplant  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishgiant milkwood  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishgiant-milkweed  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frencharbre à soie  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Frenchmercure végétal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmudar  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMudarpflanze  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)madar  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishlechoso  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishkronbuske  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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