Genus: Aster L.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

• Ito, M. et al. 1994. Phylogeny and speciation of Asia Aster. Korean J. Pl. Taxon. 24:133–143.
  
• Nesom, G. L. 1994. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae:Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77:141–297.
  
• Noyes, R. D. & L. H. Rieseberg. 1999. ITS sequence data support a single origin for North American Astereae (Asteraceae) and reflect deep geographic divisions in Aster s.l. Amer. J. Bot. 86:398–412.
  
• Semple, J. C. & L. Brouillet. 1980. A synopsis of North American Asters: the subgenera, sections and subsections of Aster and Lasallea. Amer. J. Bot. 67:1010–1026.
  
• Xiang, C. & J. C. Semple. 1996. Molecular systematic study of Aster sensu lato and related genera (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site analyses and mainly North American taxa. In: Hind, D. J. N. & H. J. Beentje, eds., Compositae: systematics. (Syst Comp) 1:393–423.
  

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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (~ ) Almutaster Á. Löve & D. Löve
• (~ ) Ampelaster G. L. Nesom
• (= ) Amphirhapis DC.
• (~ ) Arctogeron DC.
• (~ ) Asterothamnus Novopokr.
• (= ) Baccharidiopsis G. M. Barroso
• (~ ) Bellidiastrum Scop.
• (=~) Borkonstia Ignatov
• (~ ) Canadanthus G. L. Nesom
• (= ) Chlamydites J. R. Drumm.
• (~ ) Chloracantha G. L. Nesom et al.
• (= ) Conyzanthus Tamamsch.
• (= ) Crinitaria Cass.
• (~ ) Doellingeria Nees
• (~ ) Eucephalus Nutt.
• (~ ) Eurybia (Cass.) Cass.
• (= ) Galatella Cass.
• (= ) Heterochaeta DC.
• (~ ) Ionactis Greene
• (= ) Kitamuraea Rauschert
• (= ) Kitamuraster Soják
• (= ) Lasallea Greene
• (=~) Linosyris Cass.
• (=~) Miyamayomena Kitam.
• (~ ) Oclemena Greene
• (= ) Oreastrum Greene
• (~ ) Oreostemma Greene
• (~ ) Sericocarpus Nees
• (~ ) Symphyotrichum Nees
• (~ ) Tripolium Nees
• (= ) Virgulaster Semple
• (= ) Wardaster Small
• (= ) Weberaster Á. Löve & D. Löve

Check other nomenclature databases for Aster:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Fruits (Aster alpinus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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