Symphyotrichum ascendens

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. Ascendentes
Species: Symphyotrichum ascendens

Name

Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 276 (1995).

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Aster ascendens Lindl., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2(7): 8 (1834).
  • Homotypic
    • Virgulaster ascendens (Lindl.) Semple, Phytologia 58: 431 (1985).
  • Heterotypic
    • Aster denudatus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 292 (1840).
    • Aster denudatus var. ciliatifolius Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 293 (1840).
    • Aster ramulosus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 293 (1840).
    • Aster adscendens var. ciliatifolius (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2(1): 111 (1841).
    • Aster adscendens var. denudatus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2(1): 111 (1841).
    • Aster nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2(1): 126 (1841).
    • Aster armeriifolius Greene, Pittonia 4(23): 214 (1900).
    • Aster griseus Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 147 (1905).
    • Aster lonchophyllus Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 146 (1905).
    • Aster macounii Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 136 (1910).
    • Aster subgriseus Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 884, 1067 (1917).
    • Aster chilensis subsp. adscendens (Lindl. ex DC.) Cronquist, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 29: 458 (1943).
    • Aster chilensis var. euadscendens Cronquist, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 29: 460 (1943).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Hooker, W.J. 1834–1840. Flora Boreali-Americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America. Vol. 2. pp. 1–328. H.G. Bohn, London. BHL Reference page.  (basionym)
  • 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. 
  • Rydberg, P.A. 1917. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
  • Semple, J.C. 1985. New names and combinations in Compositae, tribe Astereae. Phytologia 58(7): 429–431. BHL Reference page. 
  • Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1841–1843. A Flora of North America containing abridged Descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized Plants growing North of Mexico; arranged according to the Natural System, Vol. 2. 527 pp. Wiley & Putnam, New York. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: western aster
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