Calotropis

Calotropis procera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Calotropis
Species: C. acia – C. gigantea – C. procera

Name

Calotropis R.Br., Asclepiadeae: 28 (1810).

Lectotype species: Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand., designated by Bullock (1957)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Madorius Rumph. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891), nom. superfl.

Homonyms

Calotropis Post & Kuntze (1903) = Galega L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Cape Verde.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola (introduced), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Northern Provinces (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq (introduced), Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands (introduced), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands (introduced), Malaya, Philippines (introduced), Sulawesi.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Society Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Marianas, Wake Island.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae. A Natural Order of Plants Separated from the Apocineae of Jussieu. 67 pp., London. Gallica (Preprint from Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 1: 12–78. BHL) Reference page.

Additional references

Bullock, A.A. (1957) ING card 03911.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Calotropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Calotropis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Calotropis. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calotropis. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

suomi: Madarit
svenska: Kronbusksläktet

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