Canadanthus modestus

Canadanthus modestus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Canadanthus
Species: Canadanthus modestus

Name

Canadanthus modestus (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom (1995)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aster modestus Lindl. in Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 8. 1834.

• Homotypic
  • Weberaster modestus (Lindl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Taxon 31: 359. 1982.

• Heterotypic
  • Aster major (Hook.) Porter, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 325. 1894.
  • Aster majus Porter in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 325 (1894)
  • Aster modestus var. major (Hook.) Muenscher, Fl. Whatcom 128. 1941.
  • Aster sayianus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 294. 1840.
  • Aster unalaschensis var. major Hook., Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 7. 1834
  • Aster mutatus Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 142 (1841)

References

• Nesom, G.L. 1994 publ. 1995. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77(3): 141–297. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Canadanthus modestus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Canadanthus modestus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Canadanthus modestus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Canadanthus modestus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Canadanthus modestus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• eFloras 2008. Canadanthus modestus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: reat northern, western bog aster

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