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Asclepias speciosa (Asclepiadaceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Asclepias speciosa from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): agricultural weed, noxious weed, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): [no info]


Data sources:

Andersen, R.N. (1968). Germination and Establishment of Weeds for Experimental Purposes. Weed Science Society of America Handbook. WSSA, Illinois. (weed)

Darbyshire, S.J. (2003). Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Ottawa, Ontario. (agricultural weed)

Darrow, R.A. Erickson, L.C. Holstrum, J.T.Jnr., Miller, J.F., Scudder, W.F. and Williams, J.L. Jnr. (1966) Report of the Terminology Committee, Standardized Names of Weeds. WSSA (14), 346-386. Weed Science Society of America. (weed)

G.R.I.N. TAXON Database GRIN (weed)

Holm, L. G., Pancho, J. V., Herberger, J. P. and Plucknett, D. L. (1979). A Geographical Atlas of World Weeds. John Wiley and Sons NewYork, USA (weed)

Noxious weeds in the US and Canada. This web site provides a searchable database of the noxious weed lists for all U.S. states and six southern provinces of Canada. The database can be searched by plant name, state name, or by clicking on a map. This portion of the INVADERS web site is supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Principal investigators: Dr. Kerri Skinner, University of Nebraska - Kearny, NE Dr. Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS Western Region Research Center, Albany, CA Peter Rice, University of Montana - Missoula, MT (noxious weed)

RAPID. Common Weeds and Poisonous Plants of North America: University of Idaho, College of Agriculture - [RAPID = Random Access Plant IDentification] (weed)

Royer, F. and Dickinson, R. (1999). Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States. The University of Alberta Press. (noxious weed, weed)

Taylor, R.J. (1990) Northwest Weeds-The Ugly and Beautiful Villians of Fields, Gardens and Roadsides. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. (weed)

Thornton, B.J. and Durrell, L.W. (1933) Colorado Weeds. Bulletin 403, Colorado Agricultural College, Colorado Experimental Station, Fort Collins. (agricultural weed)

Western Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (WAQIS) Quarantine Weed

Whitson, T.D. (ed.), Burrill, L.C., Dewey, S.A., Cudney, D.W., Nelson, B.E., Richard, D.L. and Parker, R.P. (1996) Weeds of the West. The Western Society of Weed Science, Newark. (agricultural weed, weed)



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This page was created on 13 September 2007 by PT, and was last updated on 04 October 2007 by PT based on data from Rod Randall's Global Compendium of Weeds database dated 24 January 2007. Valid HTML 4.01!