Asclepias curassavica L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Asclepias curassavica L.

  • Collector(s)

    H. S. Irwin 19173 with H. Maxwell, D. C. Wasshausen, 25 Jan 1968

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Cocalzinho de Goiás Mun. 50 km N. of Corumbá de Goiás on road to Niquelândia, valley of Rio Maranhão. Serra dos Pirineus.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed hillside. Locally common.

  • Description

    Simple or few-branched herb or subshrub to ca. 1.25 m tall. Corolla red, the corolla yellow-orange. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 971459

    Occurrence ID: 4b71a522-650e-42d7-9ba4-8f07d609b233

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Asclepias curassavica L. det D. L. Spellman, 1975

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Cocalzinho de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    50 km N. of Corumbá de Goiás on road to Niquelândia, valley of Rio Maranhão. Serra dos Pirineus.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 800 m. (2625 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -15.57, -48.6

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    10000

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of the Flan alto do Brasil
Serra dos Pirineus
No. 19173
Asclepias curassavica L.
Dup. det. D. Spellman, 1975
Simple or few-branched herb or subshrubl
to ca, 1.25m tall. Corolla red, the
corolla yellow-orange. Disturbed hill-
side. Locally common. $Okm K* of Cor-
'umbá de G-oiás on road to Mquel'andia,
G-oiás in valley of Rio Maranhao. For-
ested calcareous outcrop, ca. 800 m.
H.esl?r ilPilaxv/ell,
p. c. Wasshausen_gg January 1968
Field .work conducted wdth the collaboration of the Univursidade de Brasilia.
Instituto Agronor.ñeo do Norte, and the Ministerio da Agricultura. Stmoorted in
part hy funds from the National Science Foundation.
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