| Source: | Marhold, K. (2011): Apocynaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Asclepias L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 214. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Gentianales Lindl.
 Familia - Apocynaceae Juss.
 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Asclepias curassavica L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Asclepias nivea L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr. | 
                          
                          	|  | Asclepias sinaica (Boiss.) Muschl. | 
                          
                          	|  | Asclepias syriaca L. | 
						  
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		| Common names: | Ασκληπιάς (Greek)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Eg Hs IJ Sn [Au(A) Bu nCa(C F G L P T) Co nCr Cs Ct Cy Ga(F) Ge Hs(S) Hu It Lt Ma Md(M P) Mo Si(M) Sk Sl Sr Uk(K)] |