What is Calotropis gigantea?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Crown flower |image =Starr_010309-0517_Calotropis_gigantea.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Calotropis]]'' |species = '''''C. gigantea''''' |binomial = ''Calotropis gigantea'' |binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[W.T.Aiton]] |}} '''Crown flower''' (''Calotropis gigantea'') is a [[species]] of [[plant]]. It is also known as '''Giant Milkweed'''. It [[wikt:belong|belong]]s in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadodeae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to southeast [[Asia]]. It has been [[naturalize]]d in [[Hawai'i]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Calotropis gigantea}} {{wikispecies|Calotropis gigantea}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Calotropis gigantea'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://www.hear.org/pier/species/calotropis_gigantea.htm ''Calotropis gigantea'' at Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516082314/http://www.hear.org/pier/species/calotropis_gigantea.htm |date=2008-05-16 }} *[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/calotropis.html ''Calotropis gigantea'' at Purdue University: New Crop Resource Online Program] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Apocynaceae]]