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Genus: Asclepias
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae
> Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
About
150 species, native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and America, with
50 species native to southern Africa, one species naturalised and an
additional two species that are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Asclepias adscendens
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Asclepias albens |
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Asclepias aurea
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias bicuspis |
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Asclepias brevicuspis
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Asclepias brevipes |
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Asclepias compressidens
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Asclepias concinna |
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Asclepias cooperi |
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Asclepias crassinervis
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Asclepias crispa |
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Asclepias cucullata
See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is
split into the subspecies
A. c. cucullata and
A. c. scabrifolia. |
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Asclepias cultriformis
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Asclepias densiflora
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias disparilis
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Asclepias dissona |
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Asclepias eminens
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias expansa |
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Asclepias fallax |
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Asclepias fimbriata
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias flexuosa |
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Asclepias fulva
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias gibba |
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Asclepias gordon-grayae |
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Asclepias graminifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias hastata |
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Asclepias humilis |
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Asclepias macropus |
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Asclepias meliodora |
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Asclepias meyeriana |
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Asclepias minor
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias monticola |
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Asclepias multicaulis
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Asclepias multiflora |
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Asclepias nana |
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Asclepias navicularis
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Asclepias oreophila
See Nicholas (1986). |
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Asclepias palustris
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asclepias patens |
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Asclepias peltigera |
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Asclepias praemorsa |
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Asclepias randii |
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Asclepias rara |
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Asclepias schlechteri
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Asclepias stellifera |
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Asclepias ulophylla |
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Asclepias velutina |
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Asclepias vicaria |
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Asclepias woodii |
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Asclepias xysmalobioides |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002)
Asclepias fascicularis
Native to the USA and Mexico. |
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Asclepias incarnata
Native to Canada and the USA. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Nicholas, A. 1986. Asclepias oreophila Nicholas
sp.nov. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
43: 192–193.
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Nicholas, A. 1987. A new species and a new
combination of Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) in southern
Africa. Bothalia 17: 17–23.
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