Symphyotrichum dumosum

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Symphyotrichum dumosum

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: Astereae
Subtribus: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: S. subg. Symphyotrichum
Sectio: S. sect. Symphyotrichum
Species: Symphyotrichum dumosum

Name

Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77: 280 (1995).

Type: Without data, Herb. Clifford 408, Aster no. 10 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Semple, in M. H. Hoffmann, Feddes Repert. 107: 182. (1996).

Hybrids

• Symphyotrichum × gravesii

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aster dumosus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 873 (1753).

• Heterotypic
  • Aster coridifolius Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 112 (1803)
  • Aster dumosus var. albus Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 546 (1813)
  • Aster dumosus var. coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. dodgei Fernald in Rhodora 11: 31 (1909)
  • Aster dumosus var. foliosus Alph.Wood in Class-book Bot.: 193 (1845)
  • Aster dumosus var. gracilentus Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. gracilipes Wiegand in Rhodora 30: 166 (1928)
  • Aster dumosus f. monocephalus Farw. in Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 100 (1923)
  • Aster dumosus var. pergracilis Wiegand in Rhodora 30: 166 (1928)
  • Aster dumosus var. strictior Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. subracemosus Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. subulifolius Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. verus Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 128 (1841)
  • Aster dumosus var. violaceus Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 546 (1813)
  • Aster foliaceus var. coridifolius (Michx.) Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 155 (1818)
  • Aster foliosus Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 443 (1807)
  • Aster fragilis Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1537 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Aster gracilipes Alexander ex Small in Man. S.E. Fl.: 1389 (1933)
  • Aster luengoi Sennen in Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 99 (1932)
  • Aster sparsiflorus Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 112 (1803)
  • Leiachenis dumosa Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837)
  • Leiachenis sparsiflorus Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837)
  • Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dodgei (Fernald) G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 77: 280 (1995)
  • Symphyotrichum dumosum var. gracilipes (Wiegand) G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 77: 280 (1995)
  • Symphyotrichum dumosum var. pergracile (Wiegand) G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 77: 280 (1995)
  • Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior (Torr. & A.Gray) G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 77: 280 (1995)
  • Symphyotrichum dumosum var. subulifolium (Torr. & A.Gray) G.L.Nesom in Phytologia 77: 280 (1995)

Note:

The name Aster dumosus are often used for cultivars of Symphyotrichum novi-belgii in cultivation.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Symphyotrichum dumosum Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Ontario. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nesom, G.L. 1994 publ. 1995. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77(3): 141–297. BHL Reference page. : 280

Additional references

• Hoffmann, M.H. 1996. Die in Zentraleuropa verwilderten und kultivierten nordamerikanischen Astern. Feddes Repertorium 107(3-4): 163–188. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19961070305 Reference page.  (lectotype)
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.  (basionym)
• Farwell, O.A. 1923. Notes on the Michigan flora, part iv. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 1: 85–100. HathiTrust Reference page. 
• Fernald, M.L. 1909. A pubescent variety of Aster dumosus. Rhodora 11(122): 31. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Lindley, J. (ed.) 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register 18: tt. 1477–1549. James Ridgeway, London. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 
• Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Pursh, F.T. 1813 "1814". Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Vol. 2. pp. 359–751, London: White, Cochrance, and co. BHL Reference page. 
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars secunda. 112 pp. Printed for the author by H. Probasco, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 
• Small, J.K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora . XXII+1554 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1841–1843. A Flora of North America containing abridged Descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized Plants growing North of Mexico; arranged according to the Natural System, Vol. 2. 527 pp. Wiley & Putnam, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Wiegand, K.M. 1928. Aster lateriflorus and some of its relatives. Rhodora 30(357): 161–179. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Wood, A. 1845. A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries where science is taught; in two parts: Part I. The elements of botanical science; Part II. The natural orders, illustrated by a flora of the northern United States particularly New England and New York., 474 pp. Crocker & Brewster, Boston. BHL Reference page. 
• Wunderlin, R.P., & Hansen, B.F. (2008). Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa [1].

Links

• eFloras 2008. Symphyotrichum dumosum in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Symphyotrichum dumosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Symphyotrichum dumosum. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Symphyotrichum dumosum. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Symphyotrichum dumosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Symphyotrichum dumosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Rice button aster

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