Calotropis gigantea (Asclepiadaceae) bowstring hemp, calotrope, crown flower, crownplant, giant milkweed, madar

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Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Calotropis gigantea
Nomenclatural information about Calotropis gigantea is provided by ITIS.

Calotropis gigantea information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands   
Information about Calotropis gigantea--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

IPNI nomenclature info for Calotropis gigantea   
Nomenclatural information about Calotropis gigantea is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Images

Images of Calotropis gigantea (Asclepiadaceae) (crown flower)
Links to high-resolution free images of Calotropis gigantea (Asclepiadaceae) (crown flower) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Calotropis gigantea information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Calotropis gigantea in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Calotropis gigantea images from PIER
Images of Calotropis gigantea provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Voucher specimens

Distribution

Calotropis gigantea information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands   
Information about Calotropis gigantea--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Books

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 06 March 2010 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.