Liatris elegans

Liatris elegans

Liatris elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Liatrinae
Genus: Liatris
Sectio: L. sect. Liatris
Series: L. ser. Elegantes
Species: Liatris elegans
Varietas: L. e. var. elegans – L. e. var. kralii

Name

Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. (1803)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calostelma elegans (Walter) D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 5: t. 184 (1833)
  • Eupatorium elegans (Walter) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 607 (1840)
  • Lacinaria elegans (Walter) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 349 (1891)
  • Liatris elegans var. typica Gaiser in Rhodora 48: 341 (1946), not validly publ.
  • Serratula elegans (Walter) Aiton in Hort. Kew. 3: 138 (1789)
  • Staehelina elegans Walter in Fl. Carol.: 202 (1788)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 2: 91.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Liatris elegans. Published online. Accessed: January 05 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Liatris elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Liatris elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Liatris elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 05. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Liatris elegans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: pinkscale blazing star, elegant gayfeather

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