Asteraceae
Aster

Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz.

First published in Acta Horti Gothob. 12: 205 (1937-1938 publ. 1938)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Pakistan to Central China and N. Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Lidén, M. & Bharali, P. (2020). Flowers of the Se La: 1-135. Uppsula University, Sweden.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K002715015 Yes
[Major Madden] [s.n.] K002282361 Yes
Nicholson, G. [s.n.] K002715019 Yes
Gould, B.J. [206] Bhutan K002711424 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [2813] Bhutan K002711422 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002715033 Yes
Smith, K.A.H. [13990] China K002715036 Yes
Bor, N.L. [6422] India K002282370 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [848] India K002282363 Yes
{Forrest} [43] China K002715023 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [3031] India K002282356 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [1626] K002282359 Yes
Bedi, R. [367] Bhutan K002711429 Yes
s.coll. [43] K002715026 Yes
Dallimore, W. [s.n.] France K002715022 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [29997] K002715028 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002282369 No
Ward, F.K. [8553] India K002711433 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] K002282357 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002715032 Yes
Stern [145] K002715030 Yes
Bedi, R. [1280] Bhutan K002711427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002715034 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [30509] India K002715031 Yes
Bedi, R. [1236] Bhutan K002711428 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] India K002282353 No
{warel} [[718]] K002715020 Yes
Damant [134] Nepal K002711418 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [41356] India K000890395 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [41280A] India K002282371 Yes
[A. N. Parker] [s.n.] India K002282360 Yes
Gould, B.J. [133] Bhutan K002711426 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [16] India K000890396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gould, B.J. [207] Bhutan K002711425 Yes
Ward [718] China K002715029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K002715016 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [848] India K000890496 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [66] K002715014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002715021 Yes
s.coll. [43] K002715027 Yes
s.coll. [48] Nepal K002715017 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [5552] Bhutan K002711423 No
Dr. Thomson [s.n.] K002282354 Yes
Gammie, G.A. [s.n.] India K002282365 Yes
Gammie, G.A.; Duthie, J.F. [18398] India K002282355 Yes
Grey-Wilson; et al. [4162] Nepal K002711414 Yes
Wager, L.R. [312] India K002282366 Yes
Wigram, C. (Sir) [s.n.] Nepal K002711419 Yes
Bedi, R. [267] Bhutan K002711432 Yes
Bean, W.J. [s.n.] K002715018 Yes
Ward, F.K. [7594] Burma K002711434 Yes
Bedi, R. [159] Bhutan K002711431 Yes
Kanai, H.; Murata, G.; Togashi, M. [6304112] Nepal K002711416 Yes
J.T. [s.n.] India K002282362 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [919] Nepal K002711415 Yes
Ward, F.K. [7594] Burma K002711435 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002715025 Yes
E.J.C. [s.n.] Nepal K002711420 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002282367 Yes
Wallich, N. [3066] Nepal K000890394 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gould, B.J. [894] Bhutan K002711430 Yes
Griffith [2157] India K002282364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002282368 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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