Symphyotrichum sericeum

Symphyotrichum sericeum

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. Virgulus
Sectio: S. sect. Concolores
Species: Symphyotrichum sericeum

Name

Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L.Nesom, 1995

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aster sericeus Vent. in Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 33 (1800)
  • Lasallea sericea (Vent.) Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 5 (1903)
  • Virgulus sericeus (Vent.) Reveal & Keener in Taxon 30: 649 (1981)
• Heterotypic
  • Aster argenteus Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 111 (1803)
  • Aster montanus Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 156 (1818), nom. illeg.
  • Aster sericeus var. montanus A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 179 (1884)
  • Aster sibiricus Turcz. ex Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 107 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Aster subspathulatus Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 395 (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Canada (Manitoba, Ontario), USA (Arkansas, Georgia, Ill, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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. : 291

Additional references

• Reveal, J.L. & Keener, C.S. 1981. Virgulus Raf. (1837), an earlier name for Lasallea Greene (1903) (Asteraceae). Taxon 30(3): 648–651. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Symphyotrichum sericeum. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Symphyotrichum sericeum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Symphyotrichum sericeum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Symphyotrichum sericeum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: western silver aster

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