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Aster L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 872 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000003381.

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Synonyms of Aster

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bellidastrum Scop. Fl. Carniol. : 376 (1760) wfo-4000004358
Bellidiaster – – wfo-4000004359
Brachyaster – – wfo-4000005189
Heteropappus Less. Syn. Gen. Compos. : 189 (1832) wfo-4000017745
Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 37: 464 (1825) wfo-4000019795
Margarita Gaudin Fl. Helv. v. 335 (1829) wfo-4000023141

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Aster:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acer Roehl. Deutschl. Fl. ed. II. 2: 462. wfo-0000137992
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acer var. acer – – — wfo-0000049799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acmellus Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3(1): 320 (1776) wfo-0000016731
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acris Leyss. Fl. Halens. 215. wfo-0000022195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. 60. 1832 wfo-0000133392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus f. discoideus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 313 (1891) wfo-0001321091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus f. subdiscoideus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 313 (1891) wfo-0001321092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus f. subverticillatus Fernald Rhodora 51: 101 (1949) wfo-0001321093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus f. virescens Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 64, fig. 21 (1940) wfo-0001321094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus var. elatior Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 555 (1813) wfo-0000106301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acuminatus var. pumilus Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 555 (1813) wfo-0000116107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster acutidens Smyth Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 160 (1899) wfo-0000010445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens Lindl. ex DC. – wfo-0000124439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens var. armeriifolius A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 517 (1909) wfo-0000109218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens var. ciliatifolius (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 111 (1841) wfo-0001377612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens var. delectabilis (H.M.Hall) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. : 1047 (1925) wfo-0000098170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens var. denudatus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 111 (1841) wfo-0001377614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adsurgens Greene Pittonia 4(23): 216 (1900) wfo-0000001302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aestivus [Dryand.] Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 203. 1789 wfo-0000023261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aestivus var. angustifolius Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. : 74 (1832) wfo-0000104081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aestivus var. laetiflorus A.Gray Manual : 195 (1856) wfo-0000104866
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides f. albovariegatus Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12(9): 648. 1936 [25 Sep 1936] , as 'albovariegata' wfo-1200040709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. harae (Makino) Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12(9): 645. 1936 [25 Sep 1936] , as 'Harai' wfo-1200040678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. oophyllus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 161 (1985), nom. nov. wfo-0001401643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. potaninii (Diels) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41: 86 (1990) wfo-0000098051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. spathulatus Kitam. Fauna Fl. Nepal Himalaya 1: 247. 1955 — wfo-0000053336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. spirifolius H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 383 (1999) (1999) wfo-0001376497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aitonii J.Forbes Hort. Woburn. : 188 (1833) wfo-0000134053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster albarracinensis Pau Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. i. (1887) 9. wfo-0000117031
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster albus var. lutescens (Lindl. ex DC.) Thell. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 19: 134 (1913) wfo-0000102665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alleghaniensis E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 336, fig (1906) wfo-0000022587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpigenus subsp. typicus Onno Biblioth. Bot. 26(106): 16 (1932) wfo-0001359791
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus var. elatior Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 305 (1866) wfo-0001381749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster altaicus var. decrescens (Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser Fl. Pakistan 224: 93. 2021 wfo-1200008092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster altaicus var. tenuicaulis (Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser Fl. Pakistan 224: 93. 2021 wfo-1200008093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster altissimus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 20. 1768 [16 Apr 1768] wfo-0000040475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amabilis Wender. 1831 — wfo-0000005495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amabilis Wender. ex Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. : 282 (1832) wfo-0000132111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amellus subsp. scepusiensis (Kit. ex Kanitz) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 12 (1984): (1984) wfo-0000110336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amellus var. ibericus (Steven) DC. Prodr. 5: 231 (1836) — wfo-0000100206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster americana Houston Reliquiae Houstounianae ", t. 18" 1781 — wfo-0000011529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amethystinus f. leucerythros Bemis Rhodora 32: 3 (1930) wfo-0001321095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amethystinus f. leucos Bemis Rhodora 33: 63 (1931) wfo-0001321096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amnicola E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 286, fig (1906) wfo-0000059211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ampliatus E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 359, fig (1906) wfo-0000073709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amplifolius (Wooton & Standl.) Kittell in Tidestr. & Kittell Fl. Ariz. New Mex. : 406 (1941) wfo-0000059187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amplissimus Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1895: 550 (1896) wfo-0000010123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amplus Lindl. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 236. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836] wfo-0000021016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster amplus Lindl. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2(7): 10 (1834) wfo-0000117985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster andinus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 290. 1840 [Oct-Dec 1840] wfo-0000046501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster andrewsii A.Nelson Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 17: 179 (1904) wfo-0000084304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster angulatus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891) wfo-0000124435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster anomalus f. albidus Steyerm. Rhodora 51: 119 (1949) wfo-0000031537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ansif Mart. Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München vi. (1820) 195. wfo-0000138769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aquifolius (Greene ex Wooton & Standl.) S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 30: 471 (1940) wfo-0000022811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arcifolius E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 173, fig (1906) wfo-0000008538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arcticus Eastw. Bot. Gaz. 33: 295 (1902) wfo-0000023612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arcuatus E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 240, fig (1906) wfo-0000084943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ardens E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 232, fig (1906) wfo-0000129078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ardense J.Forbes Hort. Woburn. : 188 (1833) wfo-0000085114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arenarioides D.C.Eaton – wfo-0000012356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arenicola E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 138 (-140), fig (1906) wfo-0000127087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster argillarius E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 186, fig (1906) wfo-0000137695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster argillicola M.Peck Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 47: 188 (1934) wfo-0000131228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster argophyllus var. argophyllus – – wfo-0000091765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster argophyllus var. oliganthemus F.Muell. Fragm. (1865) wfo-0000106561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster armenus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891) wfo-0000084103
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster armeriifolius Greene Pittonia 4(23): 214 (1900) wfo-0000068158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster armoricanus (Rouy) A.W.Hill A. W. Hill. 1926. 21 1926 — wfo-0000058968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster armoricanus Rouy Fl. France 8: 151 (1903) wfo-0000003534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asper Buch.-Ham. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 277. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836] wfo-0000006301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asper Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. 84. 1832 wfo-0000062382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asperrimus Less. Linnaea 5(1): 142, 143. 1830 [Jan 1830] wfo-0000010469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asperulus (DC.) Wall. ex Hook.f. 252 1881 — wfo-0000063156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asperulus Nees – — wfo-0000067746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asperulus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] No. 2968. 1831 ; ex Nees, Gen. et Sp. Aster. 281 — wfo-0000126294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asteroides (DC.) Kuntze – — wfo-1000043684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster asteroides f. paludosus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 236 (1985), without latin (1985) wfo-0001323156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster atropurpurea W.P.Li & G.X.Chen Ann. Bot. Fenn. 59(1): 10. 2022 wfo-1000029502
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster atrovirens E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 145, fig (1906) wfo-0000025669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aucuparius E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 190, fig (1906) wfo-0000128692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aureus D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 178. 1825 [26 Jan-1 Feb 1825] wfo-0000039464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster autranii Post Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(4): 158 (1895) wfo-0000042863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster axillaris F.Muell. Fragm. 5(34): 64 (1865) wfo-0000138280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bakerensis H.St.John in H.St.John & Hardin Mazama 11: 93 (1929) wfo-0000095121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ballii F.Muell. Fragm. 8(65): 143 (1874) wfo-0000093867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster barcinonensis Sennen Bull. Géogr. Bot. 23: 242 (1914) wfo-0000041661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster barrelieri Pau Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. iii. (1889) 30. wfo-0000093369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster beckleri (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Fragm. 5(34): 69 (1865) wfo-0000015264
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellidiflorus var. angustus (Nees) DC. Prodr. 5: 240 (1836) wfo-0000104609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellidiflorus var. rigidulus (Nees) DC. Prodr. 5: 240 (1836) wfo-0000075226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellidiflorus var. rubricaulis DC. Prodr. 5: 240 (1836) wfo-0000102033
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellidiflorus var. salicinus DC. Prodr. 5: 240 (1836) wfo-0000103862
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellidoides Baker Fl. Bras. 6(3): 24 (1882) wfo-0000131278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bellus S.F.Blake Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 174 (1922) wfo-0000130788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster benthamii F.Muell. Systematic Census of Australian Plants 1883 wfo-0000120438
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster berberidis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891) wfo-0000109480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster bessarabicus Bernh. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs 246. [Jul-Dec 1831 or 1832] wfo-0000038261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster beterochaeta Benth. – — wfo-0000114277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster biformis E.S.Burgess Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 331. 1906 [15 Mar 1906] wfo-0000014110