Asteriscus (Asteraceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Asteriscus Tourn. ex Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [152] (1754).

Type species: Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less. (designated by Jeffrey, Compositae Newslett. 13: 35 (1982).)

Homotypic
- Bubonium Hill, Veg. Syst. 2: 74 (1761) (homotypic by type designation: Jeffrey, Compositae Newslett. 14: 26 (1988).)
- Buphthalmum subg. Nauplius Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818, 166 (1818).
- Nauplius (Cass.) Cass. in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 23: 566 (1822).
- Odontospermum Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 20 (1790), nom. inval., opus utiq. oppr.. See ICBN (2006), App. VI: 483.
- Odontospermum Neck. ex Sch.Bip. in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2,2): 231 (1844), nom. illeg.
- Dontospermum Sch.Bip., Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 2: 955 (1843), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Ighermia Wiklund, Nordic J. Bot. 3(4): 445 (1983).
  - Type species: Ighermia pinifolia (Maire & Wilczek) Wiklund, Nordic J. Bot. 3(4): 445 (1983).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mali, Mauritania.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia.

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Wiklund, A. 1987. The genus Nauplius (Asteraceae-Inuleae). Nordic Journal of Botany 7(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1987.tb00909.x . Reference page.
Halvorsen, T. & Borgen, L. 1985. The perennial Macaronesian species of Bubonium (Compositae-Inuleae). Sommerfeltia 3: 1–103. PDF Reference page.
Wiklund, A. 1983. Ighermia, a new genus of the Asteraceae – Inuleae. Nordic Journal of Botany 3(4): 443–446. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01451.x . Reference page.

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