Aster L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ogasawara-shoto, Ontario, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced into:
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Northwest European R, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Tennessee, West Virginia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Asteromoea Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 901 (1826)
- Bellidastrum A.D.Michel ex Scop. in Fl. Carniol.: 376 (1760)
- Bellidiaster Dumort. in Fl. Belg.: 66 (1827), nom. superfl.
- Borkonstia Ignatov in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 88(5): 105 (1983)
- Brachyaster Ambrosi in Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 379 (1857), nom. superfl.
- Cardiagyris G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-61: 1 (2020)
- Chlamydites J.R.Drumm. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 90 (1907)
- Geothamnus G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-64: 1 (2020)
- Griersonia G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-64: 31 (2020)
- Gymnaster Kitam. in Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 301 (1937), nom. illeg.
- Hersilea Klotzsch in Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 75 (1862)
- Heterochaeta DC. in Prodr. 5: 282 (1836), nom. illeg.
- × Heterokalimeris Kitam. in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 195 (1939)
- Heteropappus Less. in Syn. Gen. Compos.: 189 (1832)
- Hisutsua DC. in Prodr. 6: 44 (1838)
- Homostylium Nees in Linnaea 18: 513 (1845)
- Iteroloba G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-64: 7 (2020)
- Kalimares Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 46 (1837)
- Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 37: 464 (1825)
- Kitamuraea Rauschert in Taxon 31: 557 (1982), nom. superfl.
- Kitamuraster Soják in Sborn. Nár. Mus. v Praze, Řada B, Přír. Vĕdy 1982(1-2): 108 (1982), nom. superfl.
- Kitamuria G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-55: 1 (2020)
- Krylovia Schischk. in Fl. Zapadnoĭ Sibiri 11: 2670 (1949), nom. superfl.
- Leptocoma Less. in Linnaea 6: 130 (1831)
- Margarita Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 5: 335 (1829), nom. superfl.
- Martinia Vaniot in Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 31 (1902)
- Metamyriactis G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-58: 2 (2020)
- Miyamayomena Kitam. in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 33: 409 (1982)
- Rhinactina Less. in Linnaea 6: 119 (1831), nom. illeg.
- Rhinactinidia Novopokr. in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 114 (1948)
- Rhynchospermum Reinw. in Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 7 (1825)
- Sinobouffordia G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-57: 15 (2020)
- Sinosidus G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-64: 12 (2020)
- Tibetiodes G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-63: 1 (2020)
- Wardaster J.Small in Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 29: 230 (1926)
- Yonglingia G.L.Nesom in Phytoneuron 2020-57: 1 (2020)
- Zollingeria Sch.Bip. in Flora 37: 274 (1854), nom. rej.
Accepted Species
- Aster ageratoides Turcz.
- Aster aitchisonii Boiss.
- Aster alatipes Hemsl.
- Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster alpinus L.
- Aster altaicus Willd.
- Aster amellus L.
- Aster arenarius (Kitam.) Nemoto
- Aster argyropholis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster asagrayi Makino
- Aster asteroides (DC.) Kuntze
- Aster atropurpurea W.P.Li & G.X.Chen
- Aster auriculatus Franch.
- Aster baccharoides Steetz
- Aster barbellatus Grierson
- Aster batangensis Bureau & Franch.
- Aster bellidiastrum (L.) Scop.
- Aster biennis Ledeb.
- Aster bietii Franch.
- Aster bipinnatisectus Ludlow ex Grierson
- Aster boweri Hemsl.
- Aster brachytrichus Franch.
- Aster brevicaulis W.P.Li
- Aster brevis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster bulleyanus Jeffrey
- Aster chekiangensis (C.Ling ex Y.Ling) Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
- Aster chingshuiensis Y.C.Liu & C.H.Ou
- Aster chuanshanensis W.P.Li
- Aster crenatifolius Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster danyangensis Jae Y.Kim & G.Y.Chung
- Aster dianchuanensis J.W.Xiao & W.P.Li
- Aster dimorphophyllus Franch. & Sav.
- Aster diplostephioides (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
- Aster dolichophyllus Y.Ling
- Aster dolichopodus Y.Ling
- Aster eligulatus (Y.Ling ex Y.L.Chen, S.Yun Liang & K.Y.Pan) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster eremophilus Bunge
- Aster falconeri (C.B.Clarke) Hutch.
- Aster fanjingshanicus Y.L.Chen & D.J.Liu
- Aster farreri W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey
- Aster filipes J.Q.Fu
- Aster flaccidus Bunge
- Aster formosanus Hayata
- Aster fulgidulus Grierson
- Aster fuscescens Bureau & Franch.
- Aster giraldii Diels
- Aster glehnii F.Schmidt
- Aster gouldii C.E.C.Fisch.
- Aster gracilicaulis Y.Ling ex J.Q.Fu
- Aster × handelii Onno
- Aster hayatae H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Aster helenae Merr.
- Aster heliopsis Grierson
- Aster hersileoides C.K.Schneid.
- Aster heterolepis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster himalaicus C.B.Clarke
- Aster hispidus Thunb.
- Aster holohermaphroditus (Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser
- Aster hololachnus Y.Ling ex Y.L.Chen, S.Yun Liang & K.Y.Pan
- Aster homochlamydeus Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster huangpingensis W.P.Li & Zhi Li
- Aster hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster hypoleucus Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster iinumae Kitam.
- Aster ilanmontanus S.S.Ying
- Aster incisus Fisch.
- Aster indamellus Grierson
- Aster indicus L.
- Aster ionoglossus Y.Ling ex Y.L.Chen, S.Yun Liang & K.Y.Pan
- Aster itsunboshi Kitam.
- Aster jeffreyanus Diels
- Aster jiangkouensis X.L.Yu & Xiong Li
- Aster jiulongshanensis Z.H.Chen, X.Y.Ye & C.C.Pan
- Aster kanoi S.W.Chung, W.J.Huang & T.C.Hsu
- Aster kantoensis Kitam.
- Aster komonoensis Makino
- Aster koraiensis Nakai
- Aster labrangensis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster langaoensis J.Q.Fu
- Aster latibracteatus Franch.
- Aster lautureanus (Debeaux) Franch.
- Aster lavandulifolius Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster likiangensis Franch.
- Aster limosus Hemsl.
- Aster lingii G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao
- Aster lingulatus Franch.
- Aster lipskii Kom.
- Aster lixianensis (J.Q.Fu) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster lushiensis (J.Q.Fu) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster maackii Regel
- Aster mangshanensis Y.Ling
- Aster marchandii H.Lév.
- Aster medius (Krylov) Serg.
- Aster megalanthus Y.Ling
- Aster menelii H.Lév.
- Aster meyendorffii (Regel & Maack) Voss
- Aster microcephalus (Miq.) Franch. & Sav.
- Aster miquelianus H.Hara
- Aster miyagii Koidz.
- Aster molliusculus (Lindl. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke
- Aster mongolicus Franch.
- Aster morrisonensis Hayata
- Aster motuoensis Y.L.Chen
- Aster moupinensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster nakaoi Kitam.
- Aster neoelegans Grierson
- Aster nigromontanus Dunn
- Aster nitidus C.C.Chang
- Aster oldhamii Hemsl.
- Aster oliganthus W.P.Li & Zhi Li
- Aster oreophilus Franch.
- Aster ovalifolius Kitam.
- Aster panduratus Nees ex Walp.
- Aster pekinensis (Hance) F.H.Chen
- Aster philippinensis S.Moore
- Aster piccolii Hook.f.
- Aster poliothamnus Diels
- Aster polius C.K.Schneid.
- Aster popovii Botsch.
- Aster prainii (J.R.Drumm.) Y.L.Chen
- Aster procerus Hemsl.
- Aster pseudoglehnii Y.S.Lim, Hyun & H.Shin
- Aster pseudosimplex Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster pujosii Quézel
- Aster pycnophyllus Franch. ex Diels
- Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC.
- Aster quanzhouensis M.Tang, G.J.Yan & W.P.Li
- Aster retusus Ludlow
- Aster rockianus Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster rugulosus Maxim.
- Aster salwinensis Onno
- Aster sampsonii Hemsl.
- Aster sanczirii Kamelin & Gubanov
- Aster sanqingensis G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao
- Aster sanqingshanicus J.W.Xiao & W.P.Li
- Aster satsumensis Soejima
- Aster savatieri Makino
- Aster saxicola W.P.Li & Z.Li
- Aster scaber Thunb.
- Aster × sekimotoi Makino
- Aster semiamplexicaulis (Makino) Makino ex Koidz.
- Aster semiprostratus (Grierson) H.Ikeda
- Aster senecioides Franch.
- Aster setchuenensis Franch.
- Aster shimadae (Kitam.) Nemoto
- Aster sikkimensis Hook.f. & Thomson
- Aster sikuensis W.W.Sm. & Farrer
- Aster sinianus Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster sinoangustifolius Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster siyuanensis S.S.Ying
- Aster smithianus Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster sohayakiensis Koidz.
- Aster souliei Franch.
- Aster spathulifolius Maxim.
- Aster sphaerotus Y.Ling
- Aster stracheyi Hook.f.
- Aster sugimotoi Kitam.
- Aster taiwanensis Kitam.
- Aster takasago-montanus Sasaki
- Aster taliangshanensis Y.Ling
- Aster taoshanensis S.S.Ying
- Aster taoyuenensis S.S.Ying
- Aster tataricus L.f.
- Aster techinensis Y.Ling
- Aster tenuipes Makino
- Aster tianmenshanensis G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao
- Aster tientschwanensis Hand.-Mazz.
- Aster tonglingensis G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao
- Aster tongolensis Franch.
- Aster tricephalus C.B.Clarke
- Aster trichoneurus Y.Ling
- Aster trinervius Roxb. ex D.Don
- Aster turbinatus S.Moore
- Aster velutinosus Y.Ling
- Aster verticillatus (Reinw.) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster vestitus Franch.
- Aster viscidulus Makino
- Aster vvedenskyi Bondarenko
- Aster wattii C.B.Clarke
- Aster willkommii Sch.Bip. ex Willk.
- Aster woroschilovii Zdor. & I.I.Shapoval
- Aster xianjuensis Y.F.Lu, W.Y.Xie & X.F.Jin
- Aster yakushimensis (Kitam.) Soejima & Yahara
- Aster yamazutae Matsuda
- Aster yomena (Kitam.) Honda
- Aster yoshinaganus (Kitam.) Mot.Ito & Soejima
- Aster yuanqunensis (J.Q.Fu) Brouillet, Semple & Y.L.Chen
- Aster yunnanensis Franch.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 413 (1994)
- Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 39 (1991)
- Sp. Pl.: 872 (1753)
- W. Lippert in Mitt. Bot. Staats., München 11: 153-258 (1973)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0