Symphyotrichum firmum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Symphyotrichum firmum (Nees) G.L.Nesom

Homotypic
- Aster firmus Nees in Syn. Aster. Herb.: 25 (1818)
- Aster lucidulus f. firmus (Nees) Deam in Fl. Indiana: 941 (1940)
- Aster puniceus subsp. firmus (Nees) A.G.Jones in Phytologia 55: 384 (1984)
- Aster puniceus var. firmus (Nees) Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 141 (1841)
Heterotypic
- Aster amoenus Lam. in Encycl. 1: 306, 307 (1783)
- Aster blandus Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 555 (1813)
- Aster confertus Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 401 (1829)
- Aster hispidus Lam. in Encycl. 1: 307 (1783)
- Aster lucidulus (A.Gray) Wiegand in Rhodora 26: 4 (1924)
- Aster lucidulus f. albiflorus Benke in Rhodora 31: 151 (1929)
- Aster puniceus Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 140 (1841), sensu auct.
- Aster puniceus var. albiflorus Farw. in Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 171 (1916)
- Aster puniceus f. albiflorus (Farw.) Shinners in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26: 414 (1941)
- Aster puniceus f. lucidulus (A.Gray) Fernald in Rhodora 51: 95 (1949)
- Aster puniceus var. lucidulus A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 195 (1884)
- Diplactis blanda Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837)
- Myctanthes punicea Raf. in New Fl. 2: 22 (1837)

Native distribution areas:
Symphyotrichum firmum Continental: Northern America Regional: Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan Regional: Northern Central USA Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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. : 282

Hassler, M. 2018. Symphyotrichum firmum. 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 Mar. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Symphyotrichum firmum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Symphyotrichum firmum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Symphyotrichum firmum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2018.

English: purplestem aster