Characteristics
Dicots
Calotropis procera (Aiton)W.T.Aiton
ROOSTERTREE
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Not Native
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Classification
Citation
CALOTROPIS PROCERA (Aiton) W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 78. 1811.
Asclepias procera Aiton 1789.
Cult. In Jamaica, without data (lectotype: Jacquin, Observ. Bot. 3: t. 69. 1768). Lectotypified by Ali, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 287-290. 1980.
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Calotropis procera
- Steve Dickman
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