Details for: PI 255018, Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton

Origin:

Donated – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Jan 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Inventory Volume:

167
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton

Origin:

Donated – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Jan 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Source History

Donated

14 January 1959.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Khan, S.A., Punjab Agricultural Research Institute

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	seq	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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