Botanical Name

Asclepias curassavica L. [Asclepiadaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collection Date-s

1779 – 1804

Collection Location

Ind. occid.

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; Asclepias curassavica L.; ver. I. Urban

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Tropical milkweed [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00924688

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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