Asclepias
Translingual[edit]
Asclepias syriaca with seedpods
Etymology[edit]
From Latin asclepias (“common swallow-wart”), from Latin Aesculapius, from Ancient Greek Άσκληπιός (Ásklēpiós, “The god of medicine”).
Proper noun[edit]
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the milkweeds.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (species): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Asclepiadeae - tribe; Asclepiadinae - subtribe
Hyponyms[edit]
- (species): Asclepias syriaca - type species; Asclepias amplexicaulis, Asclepias exaltata, Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias purpurascens, Asclepias quadrifolia, Asclepias rubra, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias variegata, Asclepias verticillata, Asclepias viridiflora - selected other species. For the numerous other species see Wikispecies, NCBI, or The Plant List in External links.
References[edit]
Asclepias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asclepias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Asclepias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- Asclepias on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Asclepias at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Asclepias at Encyclopedia of Life
- Asclepias at The Plant List
- Asclepias at USDA Plants database
