African Plant Database - Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

Protologue : Hortus Kew., ed. 2 2: 78 (1811)
Basionym : Asclepias procera Aiton

Status
MAaccepted (naturalised)
NAaccepted (present)
SAaccepted (naturalised-introduced)
TAaccepted (indigenous)

Ecology and Distribution :
Austral Africa
Biol./Eco :
biology: perennial- Tree, Shrub - Ht 1 - 4 m. Distribution: NW

Bibliography32

Fl. Algérie [Battandier & Trabut] : 585 (1890).

Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 294 (1902)

Piantae Tripol. : 189 (1914).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren. : 366 (1931).

Étud. Fl. Vég. Sahara Cental (1933)

Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 581 (1934).

Drug Pl. Africa : 80 (1949).

Fl. Maroc (Sauvage & Vindt) 1: 129 (1952)

Fl. Maroc (Sauvage & Vindt) 4: 129 (1952)

Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 747 (1963).

Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2 2: 91 (1963)

Fl. Senegal, ed. 2, 82 (1967)

Cat. Pl. Niger 231 (1976)

Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 370 (1983).

Med-Checklist 1: 55 (1984).

Cat. Pl. Mali 222 (1986)

Naturalia Monspel., Sér. Bot. 50: 3 (1986).

Nord. J. Bot. 11: 301-308 (1991). — under: Asclepias procera Aiton

Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295 (1993).

LEBRUN, J.P. & A.L. STORK (1997). Gamopétales: Ericaceae à Lamiaceae.. Énumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale.. vol. 4 : — under: Asclepias gigantea Jacq.

Boissiera 55: 172 (1998).

Kew Bull. 53: 335-374 (1998) — under: Calotropis busseana K.Schum.

Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 220 (2000).

Le Hoggar, promenade botanique 40 (2004)

Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 53 (2005)

Fl. Prat. Maroc 2: 348 (2007).

Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 71 (2008).

Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:143 (2012)

Pl. Sudan Checklist 305 (2015)

Flore ill. Tchad 575 (2019)

Fl. Zambes. 7(3): 236 (2020)

Fl. ill. Burkina Faso & Mali: 814 (2024)

Status

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Ecology and Distribution :

Bibliography32

Synonym(s) Homotypic3

Synonym(s) Heterotypic5

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