Liatris elegans
Liatris elegans

Taxonavigation

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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

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Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. (1803)

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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English: pinkscale blazing star, elegant gayfeather
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