Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

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: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: S. subg. Symphyotrichum
Sectio: S. sect. Symphyotrichum
Species: Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Name

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).

Hybrids

• Symphyotrichum × finkii
• Symphyotrichum × schistosum
• Symphyotrichum × tardiflorum

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aster cordifolius L., Sp. Pl. 2: 875 (1753).
• Heterotypic
  • Aster pallidulus B.Vogel, Trew, Pl. Rar. [III] t. 28. [1784].
  • Solidago cordifolia Moench, Methodus (Moench) 599 (1794).
  • Aster heterophyllus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(3): 2017 (1803).
  • Aster sagittifolius Wedem. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(3): 2035 (1803).
  • Aster pubescens Nees, Syn. Aster. Herb. 16 (1818).
  • Leiachenis cordifolia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837).
  • Aster cordifolius var. laevigatus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16(3): 67 (1889).
  • Aster cordifolius var. lanceolatus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16(3): 68 (1889).
  • Aster cordifolius var. glabratus Hollick & Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16(5): 132, 163 (1889).
  • Aster cordifolius var. incisus Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19(7): 224 (1892).
  • Aster leiophyllus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(6): 254, t. 157 (1893).
  • Aster leiophyllus var. incisus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(6): 255 (1893).
  • Aster leiophyllus var. lanceolatus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(6): 255 (1893).
  • Aster cordifolius var. polycephalus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21(3): 120 (1894).
  • Aster lowrieanus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21(3): 121 (1894).
  • Aster lowrieanus var. incisus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21(3): 121 (1894).
  • Aster lowrieanus var. lanceolatus Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21(3): 121 (1894).
  • Aster lowrieanus var. bicknellii Porter, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 325 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Aster lowrieanus var. lancifolius Porter, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 325 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Aster cordifolius var. furbishiae Fernald, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist. 2: 129 (1897).
  • Aster cordifolius var. alvearius E.S.Burgess, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (Britton & Brown) 3: 363 (1898).
  • Aster cordifolius var. pedicellatus E.S.Burgess, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (Britton & Brown) 3: 363 (1898).
  • Aster plumarius E.S.Burgess, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 1214, 1339 (1903).
  • Aster cordifolius var. racemiflorus Fernald, Rhodora 19: 155 (1917).
  • Aster finkii var. moratus Shinners, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26: 407 (1941).
  • Aster cordifolius var. moratus Shinners, Castanea 10: 65 (1945).
  • Aster sagittifolius f. albiflorus Moldenke, Phytologia 29: 192 (1974).
  • Aster cordifolius subsp. laevigatus (Porter) A.G.Jones, Brittonia 32: 249 (1980).
  • Aster cordifolius subsp. sagittifolius (Wedem. ex Willd.) A.G.Jones, Brittonia 32: 249 (1980).
  • Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius (Willd.) A.G.Jones, Phytologia 63: 131 (1987).
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. furbishiae (Fernald) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. lanceolatum (Porter) G.L.Nesom Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. moratum (Shinners) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. polycephalum (Porter) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. racemiflorum (Fernald) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 278 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum lowrieanum (Porter) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 286 (1995).
  • Symphyotrichum sagittifolium (Wedem. ex Willd.) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 291 (1995).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Symphyotrichum cordifolium Continental: Northern America Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.  (basionym)
• Britton, N. & Brown, A. 1898. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume III, Apocynaceae to Compositae. 616 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. BHL Google Books Reference page. 
• Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. 
• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1818. Synopsis specierum generis asterum herbacearum: praemissis nonnullis de asteribus in genre, eorum structura et evolutione naturali. Latin. 32 pp. Éditeur non identifié, Germany. Google Books Reference page. 
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars secunda. 112 pp. Printed for the author by H. Probasco, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 
• Shinners, L.H. 1941. The Genus Aster in Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 26(2): 398–420. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/2420967 Reference page. 
• Small, J.K. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States, being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian. 1370 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Trew, C.J. 1784. Plantae rariores quas maximam partem ipse in Horto domestico Coluit secundum notas suas examinavit et breviter explicavit nec non depingendas aerique incidendas. III. 18 S., Taf. XXI-XXX : Ill. [Kupferstiche (Copper engravings)]. Launoy, [Norimbergae]. Latin. Goethe University Frankfurt Reference page. 
• Willdenow, C.L. 1803. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 3, pars 3. pp. [1477]–2409. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Symphyotrichum cordifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Symphyotrichum cordifolium. 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. Symphyotrichum cordifolium. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Symphyotrichum cordifolium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Symphyotrichum cordifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Common Blue Wood Aster

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