Asclepiadoideae
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The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, these plants together with those now in the Apocynaceae subfamilies Periplocoideae and Secamonoideae were t
Matelea denticulata Köhler–s Medizinal Pflanzen 067
Asclepias syriaca
Microloma calycinum, Richtersveld, South Africa
Ceropegia candelabrum
Asclepias
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Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are d
Asclepiadoideae
…twining shrubs, lianas or rarely trees but notably also contain a significant number of leafless stem succulents. The name comes from the type genus Asclepias (milkweeds). There are 348 genera, with about 2,900 species. They are mainly located in the tropics to subtropics, especially in Africa and South…
Danaus plexippus on Asclepias incarnata 4999
A monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed
Asclepias syriaca seed pods, upper image from August and lower from December
Milkweed sprout, a few days after sowing