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Asclepias tuberosa L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Asclepias (family Apocynaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 217 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94704-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Acerates decumbens Decne.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Acerates decumbens var. erecta Durand	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias decumbens L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias elliptica Raf.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias lutea Raf. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias revoluta Raf.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa f. bicolor Standl.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa var. cordata Beck	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa var. decumbens (L.) Pursh	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa f. decumbens (L.) Voss	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa f. flavescens Farw.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa var. flexuosa J.James	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa f. lutea Clute	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa var. rolfsii (Britton ex Vail) Shinners	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Asclepias tuberosa f. tuberosa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2655244.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed