Asclepias ruthiae — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Asclepias

At a glance

Occurrence records81

Data sources3

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Asclepias ruthiae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources9 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF81 records

01Narrative

Asclepias sanjuanensis, the San Juan milkweed, is a species of milkweed native to northwestern New Mexico. This species is restricted to the Four Corners area and is only present in San Juan County in New Mexico.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Asclepias ruthiae across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Cardenolides1

Documented compounds1 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
3-[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-14-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one		present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type81 records

Wild obs. + sensor63

Museum / vouchered18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO216 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy53% within 1 km

≤100 m 27>10 km 24

51 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor63

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 5

5 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	14
Austin, US	3
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 18 of 18 vouchered records shown