Liatris pycnostachya

Liatris pycnostachya

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. Suprago
Species: Liatris pycnostachya
Varietates: L. p. var. lasiophylla – L. p. var. pycnostachya

Name

Liatris pycnostachya Michx., 1803

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin) Lifezones: - 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 pycnostachya. Published online. Accessed: January 06 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Liatris pycnostachya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Liatris pycnostachya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Liatris pycnostachya. 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 06. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Liatris pycnostachya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: prairie blazing star, button snakeroot, cattail gayfeather, thickspike gayfeather, Kansas gayfeather

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