馬利筋屬

夹竹桃科的一属植物

馬利筋屬(學名:Asclepias)下的植物通稱乳草,是多年生草本植物的一屬,屬於夾竹桃科植物,涵括超過140種植物。例子有馬利筋

馬利筋屬
Asclepias syriaca
科學分類 編輯
界: 植物界 Plantae
演化支 維管束植物 Tracheophyta
演化支 被子植物 Angiosperms
演化支 真雙子葉植物 Eudicots
演化支 菊類植物 Asterids
目: 龍膽目 Gentianales
科: 夾竹桃科 Apocynaceae
屬: 馬利筋屬 Asclepias
種:
馬利筋屬 Asclepias
二名法
Asclepias
Linn.

馬利筋物種已經演化出精巧的抵禦策略以對抗吃它們葉子的毛蟲。這些包括葉子上的毛、其組織中稱為心臟干擾素的心臟毒以及來自於植物管狀器官的乳白色有毒乳汁,故馬利筋又稱乳草。

下屬物種

本屬包括以下物種:

雜交種:

部分種

  Asclepias albicans Whitestem milkweed, native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts
  Asclepias amplexicaulis Blunt-leaved milkweed, native to central and eastern United States
  Asclepias asperula Antelope horns, native to American southwest and northern Mexico
  Asclepias californica California milkweed, native to central and southern California
  Asclepias cordifolia Heart-leaf milkweed, native to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range up to 2000 m.
  Asclepias cryptoceras Pallid milkweed, native to the western United States.
  馬利筋 Asclepias curassavica Scarlet milkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodflower, bastard ipecacuanha, native to the American tropics, introduced to other continents
  Asclepias curtissii Curtiss's milkweed, endemic to sandy areas of Florida
  Asclepias eriocarpa Woollypod milkweed, native to California, Baja California, and Nevada
  Asclepias erosa Desert milkweed, native to California, Arizona, and Baja California
  Asclepias exaltata Poke milkweed, native to eastern North America
  Asclepias fascicularis Narrow-leaf milkweed, native to Western United States
  Asclepias hirtella Tall green milkweed
  Asclepias humistrata Sandhill milkweed, native to southeastern United States
  沼澤乳草 Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed, native to wetlands of North America
Asclepias involucrata
  Asclepias lanceolata Lanceolate milkweed (Cedar Hill milkweed), native to coastal plain of eastern United States from Texas to New Jersey
  Asclepias linaria Pine needle milkweed, native to Mojave and Sonoran deserts
Asclepias linearis Slim milkweed
  Asclepias meadii Mead's milkweed, native to midwestern United States
Asclepias nivea
  Asclepias nyctaginifolia Mojave milkweed, native to the American southwest
Asclepias obovata Pineland milkweed
  Asclepias purpurascens Purple milkweed, native to eastern, southern, and midwestern United States
  Asclepias quadrifolia Four-leaved milkweed, native to eastern United States and Canada
  Asclepias rubra Red milkweed
  Asclepias solanoana Serpentine milkweed, native to northern California
  Asclepias speciosa Showy milkweed, native to western United States and Canada
  Asclepias subulata Rush milkweed, leafless milkweed, native to southwestern North America
  Asclepias subverticillata Horsetail milkweed[1]
  Asclepias sullivantii Sullivant's milkweed
  Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed
  Asclepias texana Texas milkweed
  柳葉馬利筋 Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed, pleurisy root
  Asclepias uncialis Wheel milkweed
  Asclepias variegata White milkweed
  Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed
Asclepias vestita Woolly milkweed
  Asclepias viridiflora Green milkweed
  Asclepias viridis Green antelopehorn, spider milkweed
  Asclepias welshii Welsh's milkweed

南美洲有A. curassavica等12種。

參考文獻

  1. ^ Asclepias subverticillata (A. Gray) Vail頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), USDA PLANTS