| Name | Polyotus Nuttall |
| Authorship | Nuttall |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Asclepiadaceae |
| Contains | Polyotus angustifolius Nuttall Polyotus heterophyllus Nutt. Polyotus lanuginosus (Nutt.) Nutt. Polyotus longifolius (Michx.) Nutt. Polyotus obovatus (Elliott) Nutt. Polyotus sp. |
| Remarks | [early 1836]; nom. superfl. for Acerates Elliott (1817). |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329551-2 |
| Citation | 1837 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 199 |