Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Apocynaceae Juss.
Calotropis procera (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
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, fig. 1, map 1
[secondary reference]
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
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias procera Aiton legitimate
misapplication:
Asclepias gigantea L. legitimate
by Jacquin, N.J. von (1768) , Observationum Botanicarum 3
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
