WoRMS taxon details

Aster L.

403904  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403904)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Asteranae (Superorder)
  9. Asterales (Order)
  10. Compositae (Family)
  11. Asteroideae (Subfamily)
  12. Astereae (Tribe)
  13. Asterinae (Subtribe)
  14. Aster (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Alkibias Raf. · unaccepted
Anactis Raf. · unaccepted
Asteromoea Blume · unaccepted
Bellidiaster Dumort. · unaccepted
Bindera Raf. · unaccepted
Brachyaster Ambrosi · unaccepted
Deinosmos Raf. · unaccepted
Diplactis Raf. · unaccepted
Galatea Cass. · unaccepted (unassessed)
Lasallea Greene · unaccepted
Wardaster J.Small · unaccepted
Zollingeria Sch.Bip. · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 872 [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:2AF0D6FF-1C1B-4314-BBBF-7AF458DA7BAF  
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:2AF0D6FF-1C1B-4314-BBBF-7AF458DA7BAF [details]

Taxonomy 1 May 1753  
Taxonomy 1 May 1753 [details]
Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). Global Compositae Database. Aster L.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403904 on 2025-07-03
Date
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2009-06-18 08:47:22Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2018-03-14 11:06:07Z
changed
Flann, Christina
2019-10-30 11:17:35Z
changed
Heiden, Gustavo
2020-03-21 11:57:02Z
changed
Nesom, Guy
2021-08-24 22:40:11Z
changed
Nesom, Guy

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 872 [details] 

original description (of Wardaster J.Small) (1926). Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. 29
page(s): 230 [details] 

original description (of Bellidiaster Dumort.) Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 66 [details] 

original description (of Bindera Raf.) (1836). New Fl. (Rafinesque) 4
page(s): 71 [details] 

original description (of Brachyaster Ambrosi) (1857). Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2
page(s): 379 [details] 

original description (of Anactis Raf.) (1837). Fl. Tellur. 2
page(s): 44 [details] 

original description (of Lasallea Greene) (1903). Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1
page(s): 5 [details] 

original description (of Asteromoea Blume) (1826). Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15
page(s): 901 [details] 

original description (of Alkibias Raf.) (1838). Fl. Tellur. 4
page(s): 119 [details] 

original description (of Deinosmos Raf.) (1837). Fl. Tellur. 2
page(s): 49 [details] 

original description (of Diplactis Raf.) (1837). Fl. Tellur. 2
page(s): 45 [details] 

original description (of Zollingeria Sch.Bip.) (1854). Flora 37
page(s): 274 [details] 

original description (of Galatea Cass.) (1825). Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
page(s): 165 [details] 

basis of record Lambinon, J.; De Langhe, J.-E.; Delvosalle, L.; Duvigneaud, J. (1998). Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (pteridofyten en spermatofyten). [Flora of Belgium, the Grand Duchy Luxemburg, north-France and the adjacent areas (pteridophyts and spermatophyts)]. 3rd Edition. Nationale Plantentuin van België: Meise, Belgium. ISBN 90-72619-23-4. CXXIII, 1091 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Contributed data: Full Name Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
Aster [Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield]
Aster [Flora of Korea]
Aster [Flora of Taiwan]
Aster [SANBI]
Aster [Vascular Plants of Russia] [details]

Contributed data: Notes Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
(see Noticastrum) [Paramo Checklist]
LT designated by Green in Prop. Brit. Bot. 181. 1929. [India]
Misapplied name [Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil]
Re-delimitation in monophyletic smaller genera is to be expected. At present it has been suggested that Aster s.s. would be restricted to Eurasia and the 2 species introduced in Sumatra are considered to belong to Symphyotrichum by Nesom (1994). [Flora Malesiana] [details]

Contributed data: Published Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
Genera Plantarum ed. 5 [IPNI]
L., Sp. Pl. 1753. [Euro+Med]
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. [New Zealand Plant Name Database]
Sp. Pl. [Flora Malesiana]
Sp. Pl. [Govaerts World Compositae Checklist A-G]
Sp. Pl. 2: 872. 1753 [India]
Sp. Pl. 872 [Kadereit & Jeffrey 2007]
Species Plantarum [IPNI]
Species Plantarum 2: [Tropicos]
Species plantarum 2:872 (1753) [Western Australia Census] [details]

LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:2AF0D6FF-1C1B-4314-BBBF-7AF458DA7BAF [details]

Taxonomy 1 May 1753 [details]
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LanguageName 
English Michelmas daisymichaelmas-daisiesEaster daisyAster  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål astersslekta  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk astersslekta  [details]
Swedish astrar  [details]
Ukrainian Айстра  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aster) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galatea) (from synonym Galatea Cass.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zollingeria) (from synonym Zollingeria Sch.Bip.)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Zollingeria Sch.Bip.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MRG215a.jpeg) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (MRG215a.jpeg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MRG215a.jpeg)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (MRG215b.jpeg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MRG215b.jpeg)
Hosted externally

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