Asclepias tuberosa

Translingual

Asclepias tuberosa in flower

Proper noun

Asclepias tuberosa f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – butterfly milkweed, of eastern North America.

Hypernyms

• (species): Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Asclepiadeae - tribe; Asclepiadinae - subtribe; Asclepias - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior, Asclepias tuberosa ssp. rolfsii (Rolfs' milkweed), Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa - subspecies

References

• Asclepias tuberosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asclepias tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Asclepias tuberosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Asclepias tuberosa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Asclepias tuberosa at the Catalogue of Life 
• Asclepias tuberosa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Asclepias tuberosa at USDA Plants database
• Asclepias+tuberosa at The Plant List