Taxon: Asclepias spp.*

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

HI°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• milkweed   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide State Noxweed Seed)
  

References:

• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asclepias sp..

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asclepias sp.. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Asclepias spp.:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?310125 (16 March 2009)

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