Silphium asteriscus

Silphium asteriscus

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Silphium
Species: Silphium asteriscus
Varietates: S. a. subsp. asteriscus – S. a. var. dentatum – S. a. var. latifolium – S. a. var. simpsonii – S. a. var. trifoliatum

Name

Silphium asteriscus L., Sp. Pl. 920 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Silphion asteriscum (L.) St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 135 (1880), orth. var.

Homonyms

• Silphium asteriscus Hornem. = Berlandiera pumila (Michx.) Nutt.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 920. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Silphium asteriscus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 06 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Silphium asteriscus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Silphium asteriscus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Silphium 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. 06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Starry rosinweed

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