Stokesia laevis

Stokesia laevis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Stokesiinae
Genus: Stokesia
Species: Stokesia laevis

Name

Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene, 1893.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Carthamus laevis Hill, Hort. Kew., 57, plate 5. 1768.

Homotypic

• Stokesia cyanea L'Hér., Sert. Angl. 28. 1788, nom illeg. (t. 38 was cited though never published).

Heterotypic

• Cartesia centauroides Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 198. 1816.
• Carthamus cyaneus Banks ex Steud.
• Stokesia laevis var. alba Hort.

References

• Greene, E.L. 1893. Observations on the Compositae. Erythea. 1: 1–4 (3!).
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stokesia laevis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kornblumenaster
English: Stokes' aster
svenska: Blåklintsaster

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