PLANTS Profile for Funastrum crispum (wavyleaf twinevine)

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PLANTS Profile

Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.
wavyleaf twinevine

Symbol:

FUCR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb
Vine

L48

More Information:

Images:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.

Synonyms:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.

	SACR3	Sarcostemma crispum Benth.
	SALO5	Sarcostemma lobata Waterf.

Distribution:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.


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USA (AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 5 species in Funastrum

Classification:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Funastrum Fourn. – twinevine
Species	Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr. – wavyleaf twinevine

More Accounts and Images:
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 513717.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 08:50 AM MST