Liatris spicata

Liatris spicata var. spicata

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 spicata
Varietates: L. s. var. glabrata – L. s. var. resinosa – L. s. var. savannensis – L. s. var. spicata

Name

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. (1803)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Serratula spicata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 819. 1753.
• Homotypic
  • Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 349. 1891.
  • Liatris macrostachya Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 91. 1803, nom. illeg.
  • Liatris spicata var. macrostachya DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 5: 130. 1836, nom. inadmiss.
  • Liatris spicata var. typica Gaiser, Rhodora 48: 178. 1946, nom. inadmiss.
  • Suprago spicata (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 402. t. 167. 1791.

Hybrids

• Liatris × steelei Gaiser

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Willdenow, C.L. 1803. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 3, pars 3. pp. [1477]–2409. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 3(3): 1636.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Liatris spicata. Published online. Accessed: January 06 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Liatris spicata 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 spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Liatris spicata. 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 spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• eFloras 2008. Liatris spicata in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Prachtscharte
English: Dense blazing star
suomi: Noropunatähkä, punatähkä
日本語: リアトリス
svenska: Rosenstav

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