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Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa L.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Asclepias tuberosa L.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa L. (1753)
Recognized by IABIN
Asclepias tuberosa L.
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Asclepias decumbens L.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Asclepias tuberosa L.)
Asclepias tuberosa f. decumbens (L.) Voss
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Asclepias tuberosa L.)
Asclepias tuberosa var. decumbens (L.) Pursh
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Asclepias tuberosa L.)
Asclepias tuberosa var. rolfsii (Britton ex Vail) Shinners
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Asclepias tuberosa L.)
Asclepias tuberosus subsp. woodson
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acerates floridana (Lam.) Hitchc.

Common Names

English

Butterfly Milkweed
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Butterfly Weed
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Butterfly milkweed
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Inmortal
Recognized by Flickr BHL
butterfly milkweed preferred
butterfly weed
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

صقلاب درني preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

柳叶马利筋 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
蝴蝶花马利筋
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Knolzijdeplant preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Karvasilkkiyrtti preferred
Recognized by admin

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Ασκληπιάδα (φυτό) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ヤナギトウワタ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Chʼil abeʼéntsxaaí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

علف پروانه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Leche vana preferred
Recognized by admin

Swedish

Orange sidenört preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

ᎫᎩ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

صقلاب درنى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

块根马利筋 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

柳葉馬利筋 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Asclepias tuberosa L.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
98 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Apocynaceae Juss.
Asclepiadoideae Burnett
Asclepias L.
103 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
98 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
98 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias L.
120 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Asteranae
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias L.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
asterids
lamiids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepiadoideae
Asclepiadeae
Asclepiadinae
Asclepias
45 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Embryophyta siphonogama
Angiospermae
Dicotyledones
Sympetalae
Contortae
Apocynaceae
Asclepiadoideae
Asclepiadeae
Asclepiadinae
Asclepias
412 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.