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Asclepias curassavica

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Gentianales » Apocynaceae » Asclepias curassavica
Common name (English)
Mexican butterfly weed
Global distribution

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Peru, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Galapagos Isl., Bermuda, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Panama, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca), Paraguay (Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia), Ecuador, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Cauca, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Isla Margarita, Spain (I), Malta (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Cyprus (I), Afghanistan (I), Morocco (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Java (I), Seychelles (I), Sao Tome (I), Annobon Isl. (I), South Africa (I), Zimbabwe (I), Burkina Faso (I), Guinea (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Cameroon (I), China (I) (Anhui (I), Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Hainan (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Jiangsu (I), Jiangxi (I), Qinghai (I), Sichuan (I), Yunnan (I), Zhejiang (I)), Taiwan (I), Tibet (I), Japan (I) (Shikoku (I), Kyushu (I)), Ryukyu Isl. (I), New Caledonia (I), Fiji (I), peninsular Malaysia (I), Singapore (I), Sri Lanka (I), Nepal (I), Cocos (Keeling) Isl. (I), Chagos Arch. (I) (Diego Garcia (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Gilbert Isl. (I) (Tarawa (I)), Marquesas Isl. (I), Marshall Isl. (I) (Lae (I), Utitik (I), Ailuk (I), Ailinglapalap (I), Majuro (I), Arno (I), Jaluit (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I), Ulithi (I), Woleai (I), Faraulap (I), Ifaluk (I), Lamotrek (I), Satawal (I), Namonuito (I), Nomwin (I), Murilo (I), Truk (I), Tol (I), Pis (I), Etal (I), Satawan (I), Nukuoro (I), Kapingamarangi (I), Mokil (I), Pohnpei (I), Pingelap (I), Kosrae (I)), N-Line Isl. (I) (Fanning Isl. (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Koror (I), Peleliu (I), Sonsorol (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Moorea (I), Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Tinian (I), Aguijan (I), Rota (I), Guam (I)), Tonga (I) (Tongatapu (I), 'Eua (I), Vava'u (I)), Tuamotu Arch. (I) (Takapoto Atoll (I)), Western Samoa (I) (Upolu (I)), American Samoa (I) (Tutuila (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I), Porto Santo Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I), Ilha Brava (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Kahoolawe Isl. (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Bhutan (I), India (I), Sikkim (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Pakistan (I), Philippines (I), USA (I) (California (I), Florida (I), Louisiana (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I)) 119732 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Reported from a location in Division 5, but there are may be other sites where it survives as a garden escape (Meikle 1985).

First detection year
1936
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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