Liatris spicata

Liatris spicata var. spicata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids II Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Genus: Liatris
Sectio: L. sect. Suprago
Species: Liatris spicata
Varietas: L. s. var. resinosa – L. s. var. spicata

Name

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. (1803)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Serratula spicata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 819. 1753.
• Homotypic
  • Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 349. 1891.
  • Liatris macrostachya Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 91. 1803, nom. illeg.
  • Liatris spicata var. macrostachya DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 5: 130. 1836, nom. inadmiss.
  • Liatris spicata var. typica Gaiser, Rhodora 48: 178. 1946, nom. inadmiss.
  • Suprago spicata (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 402. t. 167. 1791.

Hybrid

• Liatris × steelei Gaiser

References

• 'eFloras 2008. Liatris spicata in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Willdenow, C.L. von 1803. Species Plantarum 3(3): 1636.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Liatris spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Prachtscharte
English: Dense blazing star
suomi: Punatähkä
svenska: Rosenstav

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