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Aster alpinus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 872. 1753 [1 May 1753]  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000091472.

Synonyms of Aster alpinus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aster garibaldii Brügger Verh. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. Samaden 1863: 229. 1864 [1863 publ 1864] wfo-0000004223
Aster scabris Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.° 16 (1768) wfo-0000004509
Aster wolfii Favrat Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. vii-viii. (1879) 4 wfo-0000026505
Aster korshinskyi Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 578 (1959). wfo-0000034100
Aster fallax var. fallax wfo-0000053044
Diplactis alpina subsp. alpina wfo-0000053186
Aster fallax var. brachyglossus (Onno) Peschkova Fl. Tsentral'noi Sibiri 2: 819 (1979):. wfo-0000064466
Aster pulchellus Hohen. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 255 (1833) wfo-0000069006
Aster alpinus var. bohemicus Rchb. wfo-0000071379
Aster fallax Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 580 (1959) wfo-0000082182
Aster hirsutus Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 485 (1831) wfo-0000086461
Aster alpinus var. cylleneus Boiss. & Orph. wfo-0000092253
Aster hispanicus Coincy J. Bot. (Morot) 13: 834 (1899) wfo-0000095012
Aster alpinus subsp. dolomiticus (Beck) Hayek Hayek. 1913. 492 1913 wfo-0000096379
Aster alpinus var. subvillosus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 305 (1866) wfo-0000101603
Aster alpinus var. glabratus Herbich wfo-0000102332
Aster alpinus var. dolomiticus Beck wfo-0000106408
Aster alpinus var. cebennensis Braun-Blanq. wfo-0000107008
Aster alpinus var. breyninus Beck wfo-0000109792
Aster alpinus var. glaber Rostański Fl. Polska 12: 127 (1971) wfo-0000111048
Aster cylleneus Orphan. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 387 (1879) wfo-0000129090
Aster chrysocomoides Turcz. ex DC. Prodr. 7(1): 272 (1838) wfo-0000131324
Aster breyninus (Beck) Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterr. 562. 1897 , in adnot. wfo-0000132545
Rhinactinidia novopokrovskyi (Krasch. & Iljin) Novopokr. ex Botsch. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 181 (1986) wfo-0000136347

Subtaxa (subspecies, varieties) in Aster alpinus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aster alpinus subsp. alpinus wfo-0000046886
Aster alpinus var. alpinus wfo-0000079986
Aster alpinus subsp. bohemicus (Reichenb.) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 12 (1984): (1984) wfo-0001365476
Aster alpinus subsp. glabratus (Herbich) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 12 (1984): (1984) wfo-0001365477
Aster alpinus var. serpentimontanus (Tamamsch.) Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 204 (1985) wfo-0000077249
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster serpentimontanus Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 108 (1959) wfo-0000138972
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus subsp. serpentimontanus (Tamamsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 128(4): 521 (1976) wfo-0001363778
Aster alpinus subsp. subvillosus (Schur) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 12 (1984): (1984) wfo-0001365478
Aster alpinus subsp. tolmatschevii (Tamamsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 128(4): 521 (1976) wfo-0000100492
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster tolmatschevii Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 107 (1959) wfo-0000123679
Aster alpinus subsp. vierhapperi Onno Biblioth. Bot. 26(106): 25 (1932) wfo-0000081317
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Diplactis alpina (L.) Semple Univ. Waterloo Biol. Ser. 38: 17 (1996) wfo-0000045754
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster culminis A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 513 (1909) wfo-0000093211
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. vierhapperi (Onno) Cronquist Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 76 (1955) wfo-0000101440
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster americanus Onno Biblioth. Bot. cvi. 47 (1932), in syn. wfo-0000135035