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genus

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.

Statistics

Status Total %
unplaced 624 53%
synonym 302 26%
accepted 255 22%
Total 1,181

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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(1): 5 (1903) wfo-4000020621
Wardaster J.Small Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. 29: 230. 1926 wfo-4000040527

Species in Aster ( showing species 1 to 10 of 255)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aster acer Roehl. Deutschl. Fl. ed. II. 2: 462. wfo-0000137992
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster acer var. acer wfo-0000049799
Aster acris S.G.Gmel. Reise Russland 1: 172, t. 38. f. 2 (possibly 1770-1774) wfo-0000043628
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster acris var. acris wfo-0000057350
Aster ageratoides Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 7: 154 (1837) wfo-0000091354
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster quelpaertensis H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. , sér. 3, 20(Mém.): 140 (1909) wfo-0000009572
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster sutschanensis Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. vi. 14 (1926). wfo-0000011884
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. robustus Koidz. 159 1915 wfo-0000012584
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. stenophyllus (Kitam.) Ohwi 88 1953 wfo-0000023804
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. 223. wfo-0000027466
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. stenophyllus Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 348. 1937 [15 Dec 1937] wfo-0000037361
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. suputinicus (Tamamsch.) Zdor. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 90: 38 (1973) wfo-0000042317
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. sutschanensis (Kom.) Zdor. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 90: 38 (1973) wfo-0000042432
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus var. leiophyllus wfo-0000052920
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus f. leiophyllus wfo-0000053964
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiopyllus var. harai (Makino) Hara Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 133 (1952) wfo-0000063117
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster tubulosus Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 1936, xii. 650, in syn. wfo-0000063856
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. harai (Makino) Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12: 645 (1936) wfo-0000065181
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. pilosus Diels Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 29(5): 610 1901 wfo-0000074062
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster see-burejensis Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 101 (1959) wfo-0000084151
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster suputinicus Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 579 (1959). wfo-0000084752
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster luxurifolius Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 579 (1959). wfo-0000091368
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. purpurascens (Honda) Nemoto 742 1936 wfo-0000093707
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. harai (Makino) Makino ex Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 127 (1965) wfo-0000095892
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides subsp. leiophyllus (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12(9): 644. 1936 [25 Sep 1936] wfo-0000097053
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. adustus Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 144. 1859 wfo-0000097270
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus var. robustus (Koidz.) Hara Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 133 (1952) wfo-0000097341
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. adustus Kom. Fl. Manshur. 3: 595 (1907) wfo-0000097353
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius subsp. ageratoides (Turcz.) Grierson 102 1964 wfo-0000098370
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides subsp. tubulosus (Makino) Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12(9): 650. 1936 [25 Sep 1936] wfo-0000100400
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. megarocephalus (Kitam.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 127 (1965) wfo-0000100889
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides subsp. megalocephalus Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 12(9): 646. 1936 [25 Sep 1936] wfo-0000101731
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus var. oligocephalus Nakai ex H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 10(7): 431. 1934 [25 Jul 1934] wfo-0000101791
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster pensauensis Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 580 (1959). wfo-0000103311
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius subsp. leiophyllus (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 127 (1965) wfo-0000103461
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. harai Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 3 (1916) wfo-0000105384
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. robustus (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto 1194 1931 wfo-0000105470
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. tubulosus (Makino) Ohwi wfo-0000105750
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. stenophyllus Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 127 (1965) wfo-0000106110
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius var. oligocephalus Nemoto 742 1936 wfo-0000106860
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus var. stenophyllus (Kitam.) Hara Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 133 (1952) wfo-0000107522
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus var. purpurascens Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44(528): 668. 1930 [Dec 1930] wfo-0000112404
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. luxurifolius (Tamamsch.) Zdor. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 90: 38 (1973) wfo-0000113317
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. albiflorus Kitam. wfo-0000113372
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius f. purpurascens (Honda) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 127 (1965) wfo-0000113394
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster leiophyllus f. purpurellus Hara Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 133 (1952) wfo-0000113560
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. purpurascens (Honda) Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 348. 1937 [15 Dec 1937] wfo-0000113609
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius f. tubulosus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15(178): 170. 1901 [20 Dec 1901] wfo-0000117190
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster adustus Koidz. ex Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 14: 102 (1923) wfo-0000121525
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. adustus (Maxim.) Zdor. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 90: 38 (1973) wfo-0000135903
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides f. leucanthus Honda 670 1930 wfo-0000139107
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ageratoides var. leiophyllus (Franch. & Savat.) Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 164 (1985): (1985) wfo-0001388840
Aster aitchisonii Boiss. Fl. Orient. , Suppl.: 287 (1888) wfo-0000093393
Aster alatipes Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 407 (1888) wfo-0000078524
Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 12: 205 (1938) wfo-0000073812
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ferrugineus Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 64 (1846) wfo-0000044948
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eupatorium cinereum Wall. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 606. 1840. wfo-0000050370
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albescens var. rugosus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 358, 184 (1985) (1985) wfo-0000059041
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albescens var. megaphyllus Y.Ling Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 74: 358, 185 (1985) (1985) wfo-0000061058
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Amphirhapis albescens DC. Prodr. 5: 343 (1836) wfo-0000066619
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albescens var. glandulosus Hand.-Mazz. J. Bot. 79: 284 (1938) wfo-0000070779
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Microglossa cabulica C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 57 (1876) wfo-0000074039
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albescens var. niveus Hand.-Mazz. 208 1938 wfo-0000105960
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster caubulicus Hook. Bot. Mag. 73: App. 34 (1847) wfo-0000115199
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Microglossa albescens C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 59 (1876) wfo-0000121130
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster cabulicus Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 62 (1843) wfo-0000121981
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eupatorium cinerascens Wall. Numer. List : n.° 3066 (1831) wfo-0000129868
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ignoratus Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) : 11 (1845) wfo-0000130525
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eupatorium coloratum Spreng. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 343 (1836) wfo-0000137624
Aster × alpinoamellus Novopokr. ex Tzvelev Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti SSSR 7: 185 (1994) wfo-0000024613
Aster alpinus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 872. 1753 [1 May 1753] wfo-0000091472
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster garibaldii Brügger Verh. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. Samaden 1863: 229. 1864 [1863 publ 1864] wfo-0000004223
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster scabris Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.° 16 (1768) wfo-0000004509
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster wolfii Favrat Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. vii-viii. (1879) 4 wfo-0000026505
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster korshinskyi Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 578 (1959). wfo-0000034100
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster fallax var. fallax wfo-0000053044
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Diplactis alpina subsp. alpina wfo-0000053186
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster fallax var. brachyglossus (Onno) Peschkova Fl. Tsentral'noi Sibiri 2: 819 (1979):. wfo-0000064466
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster pulchellus Hohen. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 255 (1833) wfo-0000069006
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. bohemicus Rchb. wfo-0000071379
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster fallax Tamamsch. Fl. URSS xxv. 580 (1959) wfo-0000082182
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster hirsutus Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 485 (1831) wfo-0000086461
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. cylleneus Boiss. & Orph. wfo-0000092253
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster hispanicus Coincy J. Bot. (Morot) 13: 834 (1899) wfo-0000095012
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus subsp. dolomiticus (Beck) Hayek Hayek. 1913. 492 1913 wfo-0000096379
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. subvillosus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 305 (1866) wfo-0000101603
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. glabratus Herbich wfo-0000102332
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. dolomiticus Beck wfo-0000106408
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. cebennensis Braun-Blanq. wfo-0000107008
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. breyninus Beck wfo-0000109792
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster alpinus var. glaber Rostański Fl. Polska 12: 127 (1971) wfo-0000111048
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster cylleneus Orphan. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 387 (1879) wfo-0000129090
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster chrysocomoides Turcz. ex DC. Prodr. 7(1): 272 (1838) wfo-0000131324
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster breyninus (Beck) Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterr. 562. 1897 , in adnot. wfo-0000132545
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Rhinactinidia novopokrovskyi Novopokr. ex Botsch. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 181 (1986) wfo-0000136347
Aster amellus L. Sp. Pl. : 873 (1753) wfo-0000104449
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albus Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 528 (1826) wfo-0000012373
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster acmellus Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3(1): 320 (1776) wfo-0000016731
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster collinus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 198 (1796) wfo-0000025255
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Galatella asperrima Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. : 173 (1832) wfo-0000031969
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Diplopappus asperrimus (Nees) DC. Prodr. 5: 277 (1836) wfo-0000037569
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster trinervius Gilib. Fl. Lithuan. 3: 214. wfo-0000039969
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster amellus var. amellus wfo-0000050162
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster albus var. albus wfo-0000053789
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster amelloides Hoffm. in Goett. Gel. Anz. 20: 1325. 1800 wfo-0000076612
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster tinctorius Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 271. 1840; et in Linnaea, xiv (1840) wfo-0000084417
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Amellus vulgaris Opiz Seznam : 14 (1852) wfo-0000087993
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster pseudoamellus DC. Fl. Franc. 6: 469 (1815) wfo-0000091240
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster ottomanum Velen. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. 2: 48. 1890 ; et in Fl. Bulg. (1891) 277. wfo-0000095059
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Diplopappus laxus Benth. London J. Bot. 1: 487 (1842) wfo-0000096682
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster pseudamellus Wender. in Schrifr. Marb. 2: 226. 1831 wfo-0000117101
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster atticus Pall. Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 1: 345. 1799 wfo-0000123632
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster noeanus Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 387 (1879) wfo-0000127057
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster elegans Nees Syn. Aster. Herb. : 20 (1818) wfo-0000128317
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster purpureus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2(2,6): 477 (1845) wfo-0000131252
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Amellus officinalis Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban : 147 (1789) wfo-0000131268
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Aster scepusiensis Kit. Linnaea 32(3): 373. 1864 [Sep 1864] wfo-0000132511
Aster ananthocladus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 34(3): 254 (1976) wfo-0000129232

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 10 of 872)

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aster acris Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 518 (1813) wfo-0000072593
Aster acris Leyss. Fl. Halens. 215. wfo-0000022195
Aster acris Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2023 (1803) wfo-0000038357
Aster acuminatus Nees Gen. Sp. Aster. 60. 1832 wfo-0000133392
Aster acuminatus f. discoideus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 313 (1891) wfo-0001321091
Aster acuminatus f. subdiscoideus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 313 (1891) wfo-0001321092
Aster acuminatus f. subverticillatus Fernald Rhodora 51: 101 (1949) wfo-0001321093
Aster acuminatus f. virescens Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 64, fig. 21 (1940) wfo-0001321094
Aster acutidens Smyth Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 160 (1899) wfo-0000010445
Aster adelberti Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 315 (1891) wfo-0000024005