Apocynaceae Juss.
Calotropis procera (Aiton) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton
, legitimate, scientific
[Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 2]:
78
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Asclepias procera Aiton
legitimate
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Combination indicated but not made by R.Brown, Mem. Wernerian Soc. 1 (1811) 39.
[Webb, L.J. (1948), Guide to the medicinal and poisonous plants of Queensland. Bulletin (CSIRO) 232]:
22
[secondary reference]
[Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory]:
85, Pl. 27
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rubber Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Calotrope
[n/a]
[Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)]:
254
[secondary reference]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
141
[secondary reference]
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
9
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
708-709, Fig. 218B
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kings Crown
[n/a]
common name:
Rubber tree
[n/a]
common name:
Calotrope
[n/a]
[Forster, P.I. (2 April 1992), A taxonomic account of the genus Calotropis R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 8(2)]:
202-205, Fig. 1A-D, Map 1
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
N.J. Jacquin, Observationum botanicorum iconibus. part 3: t.69 (1768) [as Asclepias gigantea], fide Ali, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 38: 290 (1980).
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias procera Aiton
legitimate
[Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest]:
301
[secondary reference]
[Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28]:
214, Figs 67, 104A-D, Map 244
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias procera Aiton
legitimate
[Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia]:
61
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rubber Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Calotrope
[n/a]
[Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs]:
57
[secondary reference]
[Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines]:
Code 3030
[secondary reference]
[Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest]:
34
[secondary reference]
common name:
King's Crown
[n/a]
common name:
Rubber Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Calotrope
[n/a]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias procera Aiton
legitimate
misapplication:
Asclepias gigantea L.
legitimate
by [Jacquin, N.J. von (1768), Observationum Botanicarum 3]: t. 69
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)