Asclepias curassavica L.

Credit:MPU - Université de Montpellier - 2025

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU1403636

Collection

Plants of Marquesas, Uahuka Island / U.S National Herbarium

Projet soutenu par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, financement obtenu en 2024

Taxonomy

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Asclepias

Species

Asclepias curassavica

Name

Asclepias curassavica L.

Origin

Country label

Polynésie Française

Country ISO (code)

French Polynesia (pf)

State/Province

Ua Huka

Locality

Ha'avei Beach

Verbatim locality

Ua Huka - Upper Ha'avei valley - Tehope'ote ahu

Phenology

Collector's name

B.G. Decker

Collector's number

1484

Collection date

1964-2-14

Altitude

200 -250

Maximum altitude (meters)

250

Geographic coordinates

8° 56' 24.72'' S ; 139° 35' 44.16'' O

-8.9402 ; -139.5956

Description

Corollas reddish-orange, conspicuous, occasional, slopes to approx, 30°, stream perennial

Ecological note

Herb 50-100cm, in recently cleared area

Determination history

Wagner	1990		Asclepias curassavica L.
Fosberg			Asclepias curassavica L.

Asclepias curassavica L.

Specimen

Taxonomy

Origin

Determination history

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