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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
Alkibias Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 119 (1838) wfo-4000001219
Asteromoea Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15: 901 (1826) wfo-4000003414
Bellidiaster Dumort. Fl. Belg. 66 (1827) wfo-4000004359
Brachyaster Ambrosi Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 379 (1857) wfo-4000005189
Diplactis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837) wfo-4000011917
Lasallea Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 5 (1903) wfo-4000020621
Wardaster J.Small Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. 29: 230. 1926 wfo-4000040527

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

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 acris Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 518 (1813) wfo-0000072593
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 acris Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2023 (1803) wfo-0000038357
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 acutidens Smyth Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 160 (1899) wfo-0000010445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adelberti Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 315 (1891) wfo-0000024005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster adscendens Lindl. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 231. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836] 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 aethiopicus Burm.f. Fl. Ind. Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 27 (1768) wfo-0000116526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aethiopicus var. aethiopicus – – — wfo-0000108166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster aethiopicus var. glandulosus Harv. – — wfo-0000063171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides f. albidus Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 352 (1937) wfo-0000015734
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 f. littoricola (Kitam.) Ohwi 87 1953 — wfo-0000127868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides f. vernalis (Honda) Ohwi 87 1953 — wfo-0000113615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides subsp. alatopetiolata Kitam. – — wfo-1200068164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides subsp. angustifolius (Kitam.) Kitam. 651 wfo-0000099662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. angustifolius Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3(3): 129. 1934 [30 Oct 1934] , as 'angustifolia' wfo-0000106153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. gerlachii (Hance) Chang ex Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 163 (1985): (1985) wfo-0001388839
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. humilis Nakai Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1919-1920: 39 (1920) wfo-0001382832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. lasiocladus (Hayata) Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 12: 215. 1938 wfo-0001426016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. micranthus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 356, 166 (1985) wfo-0001388558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster ageratoides var. oophyllus Ling ex J.Q.Fu Fl. Tsinling. 1(5): 168, as 'nom. nov.' but (1985) wfo-0001389046
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. pendulus W.P.Li & G.X.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 44(3): 349 (348-350; fig. 1) (2006) wfo-0001383060
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 albescens var. glabratus (Diels) Boufford & Y.S.Chen Harvard Pap. Bot. 14(1): 43 (2009) wfo-0001383578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster albescens var. limprichtii (Diels) Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 12: 206. 1938 wfo-0001426018
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster albus Eaton & J.Wright Man. Bot. 147. wfo-0000104686
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 alpinus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2(2,6): 476 (1845) wfo-0000026289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus subsp. breyninus (Beck) Hayek – — wfo-1200068574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus subsp. cebennensis (Braun-Blanq. & al.) Braun-Blanq. & al. – — wfo-1200068561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus subsp. cylleneus (Boiss. & Orph.) Hayek – — wfo-1200068562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus subsp. parviceps Novopokr. – — wfo-1200068226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster alpinus var. diversisquamus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 359, 205 (1985) (1985) wfo-0001388560
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 alpinus var. fallax (Tamamsch.) Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 205 (1985) wfo-0001388841
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. hirsutus Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothoburgensis 12(9): 220-221 1938 wfo-0000107176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster altaicus var. millefolius (Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 12: 220. 1938 wfo-0001426019
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 alwartensis Lodd. Cat. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2 (1807) wfo-0000128182
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 ambiguus Bernh. – — wfo-0000023320
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 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 Engelm. 1843 — wfo-0000012214
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 apargiodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891) wfo-0000022744
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. oliganthemus F.Muell. Fragm. (1865) wfo-0000106561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster arguta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891) wfo-0000014379
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 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 asperrimus Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2970 (1831) wfo-0000028680
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 Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 213 (1895) wfo-0000105260
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 attenuatus Frye & Rigg Northw. Fl. 385. 1912 [12 Sep 1912] wfo-0000023827
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 auriculatus f. crenatus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 144 (1985), without latin (1985) wfo-0001323157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster auritus Lindl. Prodr. 5: 232 (1836) wfo-0000082209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aster avicenniifolia (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Fragm. 5(35): 85 (1865) wfo-0000077395