Asteriscus (Asteraceae)

Asteriscus aquaticus (Typus)

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: Inuleae
Subtribus: Inulinae
Genus: Asteriscus
Species: A. aquaticus – A. daltonii – A. graveolens – A. imbricatus – A. intermedius – A. pinifolius – A. schultzii – A. sericeus – A. smithii

Name

Asteriscus Tourn. ex Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [152] (1754).

• Type species: Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less. (designated by Jeffrey, Compositae Newslett. 13: 35 (1982).)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bubonium Hill, Veg. Syst. 2: 74 (1761) (homotypic by type designation: Jeffrey, Compositae Newslett. 14: 26 (1988).)
  • Buphthalmum subg. Nauplius Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818, 166 (1818).
  • Nauplius (Cass.) Cass. in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 23: 566 (1822).
  • Odontospermum Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 20 (1790), nom. inval., opus utiq. oppr.. See ICBN (2006), App. VI: 483.
  • Odontospermum Neck. ex Sch.Bip. in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2,2): 231 (1844), nom. illeg.
  • Dontospermum Sch.Bip., Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 2: 955 (1843), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Ighermia Wiklund, Nordic J. Bot. 3(4): 445 (1983).
    • Type species: Ighermia pinifolia (Maire & Wilczek) Wiklund, Nordic J. Bot. 3(4): 445 (1983).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mali, Mauritania. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Greuter, W. 1997. Save Asteriscus, sink Nauplius (Compositae). Flora Mediterranea 7: 41–48. PDF Reference page. 
• Wiklund, A. 1987. The genus Nauplius (Asteraceae-Inuleae). Nordic Journal of Botany 7(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1987.tb00909.x . Reference page. 
• Halvorsen, T. & Borgen, L. 1985. The perennial Macaronesian species of Bubonium (Compositae-Inuleae). Sommerfeltia 3: 1–103. PDF Reference page. 
• Wiklund, A. 1983. Ighermia, a new genus of the Asteraceae – Inuleae. Nordic Journal of Botany 3(4): 443–446. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01451.x . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Asteriscus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Asteriscus. 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 Feb. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asteriscus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 15 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. [1]. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Strandsterne
suomi: Asterikit

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