Byam, L., collection of exotics from the island of Antigua. By a lady (1797)

---

---

t. 1 f. 2

---

<        >        navigate through volume

---

Asclepias curassavica L.

---

binominal name:
Asclepias curassavica L.

---

cited non-linnean name:
Apocynum erectum or wild ipecacuan

---

drawing: L. Byam

---

family: Asclepiadaceae
subfamily: Asclepioideae
tribe: Asclepiadeae

---

epithet: curassavicus,-a,-um

---

Illustration contributed by:
Universitätsbibliothek Wien, Vienna, Austria

---

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=334451

---

contact about this record

---

synonyms:

heterotypic synonyms:
Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb.; Asclepias bicolor Moench; Asclepias cubensis Wender.; Asclepias curassavica Sessé & Moc.; Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schultes;