Sericocarpus tortifolius

Sericocarpus tortifolius

Sericocarpus tortifolius

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: Solidagininae
Genus: Sericocarpus
Species: Sericocarpus tortifolius

Name

Sericocarpus tortifolius (Michx.) Nees, Gen. Sp. Aster.: 151 (1832).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aster tortifolius Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 109 (1803).
• Homotypic
  • Oligactis tortifolia (Michx.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 44 (1837).
• Heterotypic
  • Conyza bifoliata Walter, Fl. Carol.: 204 (1788).
    • Aster bifoliatus (Walter) H.E.Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173 (1964).
  • Aster collinsii Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 82 (1834).
    • Sericocarpus collinsii (Nutt.) Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 7: 302 (1840). JSTOR
    • Sericocarpus tortifolius var. collinsii (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 103 (1841).
    • Sericocarpus bifoliatus var. collinsii (Nutt.) S.F.Blake, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 515 (1916).
  • Aster scabrosus Bertol., Misc. Bot. 6: 29 (1846).
  • Sericocarpus bifoliatus Porter, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 322 (1894).
  • Sericocarpus acutisquamosus Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1206, 1339 (1903).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1833. Genera et species asterearum. Recensuit, descriptionibus et animadversionibus illustravit. Latin. Sumtibus Leonardi Schrag, Norimbergae. 334 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Sericocarpus tortifolius. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sericocarpus tortifolius. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 19 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Sericocarpus tortifolius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Sericocarpus tortifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sericocarpus tortifolius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Dixie white-topped aster

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