⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2655219, with some changes.

Asclepias syriaca 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) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. ed. 2 214 1762.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319076-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Asclepias apocinum Gaterau	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias capitellata Raf.	Synonym		TRO
Asclepias cornuti Decne.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fragrans Raf. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias globosa Stokes	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias grandifolia Bertol.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias illinoensis Michx. ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias intermedia Vail	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias kansana Vail	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pubescens Moench [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pubigera Dumort.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias serica Raf. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias syriaca f. inermis J.R.Churchill	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias syriaca var. kansana (Vail) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha Dore	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias syriaca f. polyphylla B.Boivin	Synonym		WCSP (in review)