Asclepias nivea L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Asclepias nivea L.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Alford MA2690, 7 Jan 2000

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. Independencia. Sierra de Bahoruco, beyond Puerto Escondido near Haitian border fort.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2023.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1382545

    Occurrence ID: 3aa574c9-4b2c-4b1b-b652-8320bed8fa5e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Asclepias nivea L.

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

  • State/Province

    Independencia

  • Locality

    Sierra de Bahoruco, beyond Puerto Escondido near Haitian border fort.

  • Location Notes

    [West Indies]

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BOTANICAL
NEWYQRK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01382545""
01382545
llantas de la República Dominicana
Cornell University Biodiversity Laboratory ?I at Punta Cana
^sclepias	nivea
Det. by: M. Alford, vii/2000
L.
Common names
Collector: Mac Alford
Asclepiadaceae
MA 2690 7/1/2000
Description: Petals green; corona white; exuding white mily latex upon cutting; roadside perennial.
Habitat: Mesophytic broadleaf torest on limestone(V).
Locality: Prov. INDEPENDENCIA: Sierra de Bahoruco,
beyond Puerto Escondido near Haitian border fort. Chemical analyses:
EX HERBARIUM BAILEY HORTORIUM (BH), CORNELL UNIVERSITY. ITHACA. NEW YORK