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The genus Asclepias is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Asclepias

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Asclepias adscendens (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias × aequicornu E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias affinis (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias ageratoides M.A.Curtis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias albicans S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias amabilis N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias apocynifolia Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias arenaria Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias asperula (Decne.) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias atroviolacea Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias aurea (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias auriculata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias barjoniifolia E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias bartlettiana Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias baumii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias bicuspis N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias bifida W.H.Blackw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias boliviensis E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias brachystephana Engelm. ex Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias bracteolata E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias brevicuspis (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias brevipes (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias × bridgesii E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias buchwaldii (Schltr. & K.Schum.) De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias burchellii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias californica Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias candida Vell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias chapalensis Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cinerea Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias circinalis (Decne.) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias concinna (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias connivens Baldwin ex Elliot	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias constricta M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias contrayerba Sessé & Moç.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias conzattii Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cooperi N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cordifolia (Benth.) Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias coulteri A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias crassinervis N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias crispa P.J.Bergius	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias crocea Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cryptoceras S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cucullata (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cultriformis Harv. ex Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias curassavica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias curtissii A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias cutleri Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias densiflora N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias dependens (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias dinteri Engl. & Krause	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias disparilis N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias dissona N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias elegantula Fishbein	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias emoryi (Greene) Vail ex Small	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias engelmanniana Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias eriocarpa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias erosa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias euphorbiifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias exaltata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias exilis M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias expansa (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fallax (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fascicularis Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias feayi Chapm. ex A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fimbriata Weim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias flanaganii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias flexuosa (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fournieri Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias fulva N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias galeottii E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias gentryi Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias gibba (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias glaucescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias gordon-grayae Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias hallii A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias humilis (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias humistrata Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias hypoleuca (A.Gray) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias incarnata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias jaliscana B.L.Rob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias jamesii Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias jorgeana Fishbein & S.P.Lynch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias kamerunensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias labriformis M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias lanceolata Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias langsdorffii E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias lemmonii A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias leptopus I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias linaria Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias linearis Scheele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias longifolia Michx.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias longipedunculata Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias longissima (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias lynchiana Fishbein	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias macropus (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias macrotis Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias macroura A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias macvaughii Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias masonii Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias mazatlanensis Sessé & Moç.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias melantha Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias meliodora (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias mellodora A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias meyeriana (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias michauxii Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias mirifica Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias monticola N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nana Verd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias navicularis (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias neglecta Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nivea L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias notha W.D.Stevens	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nummularia Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nummularioides W.D.Stevens	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nuttii N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias nyctaginifolia A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias obovata Elliott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias oenotheroides Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias oreophila Nicholas ex Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias otarioides E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias ovalifolia Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias ovata M.Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias patens N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pedicellata Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pellucida E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias peltigera (E.Mey.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias perennis Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pilgeriana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias praemorsa Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pratensis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pringlei (Greenm.) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias prostrata W.H.Blackw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pseudorubricaulis Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias puberula A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pumila (A.Gray) Vail	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias purpurascens L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias pygmaea N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias quinquedentata A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rafaelensis Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias randii S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rara N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rosea Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rubra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rubricaulis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias rusbyi (Vail) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias scaposa Vail	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias schaffneri A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias scheryi Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias schlechteri (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias similis Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias solanoana Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias solstitialis A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias speciosa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias sperryi Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias sphacelata (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias standleyi Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias stellifera Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias stenophylla A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias subaphylla Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias subulata Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias subverticillata (A.Gray) Vail	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias subviridis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias suffrutex Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias syriaca L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias tanganyikensis E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias tapalpana M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias texana A.Heller	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias tomentosa Elliott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias tuberosa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias ulophylla Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias uncialis Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias variegata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias velutina (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias verdickii (De Wild.) De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias verticillata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias vicaria N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias vinosa (E.Fourn.) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias viridis Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias viridula Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias virletii E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias welshii N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias woodii (Schltr.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias woodsoniana Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Asclepias zanthodacryon (L.B.Sm.) Woodson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 717 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Asclepias. Of these 196 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 93 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Asclepias. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 717 species names for the genus Asclepias recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	196	27.3%
◕	Synonym	340	47.4%
◕	Unplaced	45	6.3%
◕	Unassessed	136	19.0%

All names

The status of the 810 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Asclepias recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	205	25.3%
◕	Synonym	424	52.3%
◕	Unplaced	45	5.6%
◕	Unassessed	136	16.8%

Of these names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 55 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 717 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Asclepias, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	194	284	0	0	478	66.7%
	Low confidence	2	56	45	136	239	33.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Asclepias, are as follows: