Botanical Name

Asclepias curassavica L. [Asclepiadaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

John Ryan and Julius P. B. von Rohr

Collection Date-s

1780 – 1808

Collection Location

[Latin America]

Colonial Context

Danish West Indies 1672–1917

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Asclepias curassavica L. f. curassavica; det. Carl W. Bollwinkel 1968-07-15

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Tropical milkweed [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00924686

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)