Asclepias
"Asclepias" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family ASCLEPIADACEAE. This is the true milkweed; APOCYNUM & EUPHORBIA hirta are rarely called milkweed. Asclepias asthmatica has been changed to TYLOPHORA.
| Descriptor ID |
D031108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.456.500.153
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| Concept/Terms |
Asclepias- Asclepias
- Asclepia
- Milkweed, Common
- Common Milkweed
- Common Milkweeds
- Milkweeds, Common
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La Rosa RJ, Conner JK. Floral function: effects of traits on pollinators, male and female pollination success, and female fitness across three species of milkweeds (Asclepias). Am J Bot. 2017 Jan; 104(1):150-160.