Asclepias glaucescens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 190-191, t. 227. 1819 ["1818"] sec. Juárez-Jaimes & al. 2007
- =Asclepias glaberrima Sessé & Moc. in Naturaleza (Madrid) 1: App. 43. 1888 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Asclepias plumieriifolia Ram. Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 2: 658–659. 1911 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Asclepias polyphylla Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 371. 1917 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013