Erigeron compositus

Erigeron compositus

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: Astereae
Subtribus: Conyzinae
Genus: Erigeron
Sectio: E. sect. Tridactylia
Species: Erigeron compositus

Name

• Erigeron compositus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 535. 1813.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Erigeron compositus var. typicus Payson in Univ. Wyoming Publ. Sci., Bot. 1: 173 (1926), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Cineraria lewisii Richardson in J.Franklin, Narr. Journey Polar Sea: 748 (1823)
  • Erigeron compositus var. breviradiatus (Abrom.) A.Nelson in Bot. Gaz. 54: 416 (1912)
  • Erigeron compositus f. breviradiatus Abrom. in Biblioth. Bot. 8: 66 (1899)
  • Erigeron compositus f. deficiens (J.F.Macbr. & Payson) Vict. & J.Rousseau in Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 63 (1940)
  • Erigeron compositus var. discoideus A.Gray in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 33: 237 (1862)
  • Erigeron compositus f. discoideus (A.Gray) Vict. & J.Rousseau in Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 61 (1940)
  • Erigeron compositus subsp. discoideus (A.Gray) Piper in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 567 (1906)
  • Erigeron compositus var. glabratus Macoun in Cat. Canad. Pl., Gamopet. 2: 231 (1884)
  • Erigeron compositus var. grandiflorus Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 17 (1834)
  • Erigeron compositus var. incertus (A.Nelson) A.Nelson in New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt.: 528 (1909)
  • Erigeron compositus var. multifidus J.F.Macbr. & Payson in Contr. Gray Herb. 49: 75 (1917)
  • Erigeron compositus var. petraeus J.F.Macbr. & Payson in Contr. Gray Herb. 49: 76 (1917)
  • Erigeron compositus var. submontanus M.Peck in Torreya 28: 56 (1928)
  • Erigeron gormanii Greene in Pittonia 4: 156 (1900)
  • Erigeron multifidus Rydb. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 1: 402 (1900)
  • Erigeron multifidus var. discoideus (A.Gray) Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 402 (1900)
  • Erigeron multifidus var. incertus A.Nelson in Bot. Gaz. 30: 198 (1900)
  • Erigeron pedatus Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 308 (1840)
  • Erigeron trifidus var. prasinus J.F.Macbr. & Payson in Contr. Gray Herb. 49: 78 (1917)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Greenland, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, N.W.T., Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Alaska, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Russian Far East References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pursh, F.T. (1813) Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 535.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Erigeron compositus. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Erigeron compositus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 06 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Erigeron compositus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Erigeron compositus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Nov. 2017.
• eFloras 2008. Erigeron compositus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: Cut-leaf fleabane, dwarf mountain fleabane, trifid mountain fleabane

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