Symphyotrichum patens

Symphyotrichum patens

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. Virgulus
Sectio: S. sect. Patentes
Species: Symphyotrichum patens
Varietates: S. p. var. gracile – S. p. var. patens – S. p. var. patentissimum – S. p. var. terranigrum

Name

Symphyotrichum patens (Aiton) G.L.Nesom, 1995

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aster patens Aiton in Hort. Kew. 2: 201 (1789)
  • Aster phlogifolius var. patens (Aiton) Alph.Wood in Class-book Bot.: 192 (1845)
  • Lasallea patens (Aiton) Semple & Brouillet in Amer. J. Bot. 67: 1023 (1980)
  • Virgulus patens (Aiton) Reveal & Keener in Taxon 30: 650 (1981)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Symphyotrichum patens Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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. : 288

Additional references

• Reveal, J.L. & Keener, C.S. 1981. Virgulus Raf. (1837), an earlier name for Lasallea Greene (1903) (Asteraceae). Taxon 30(3): 648–651. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Symphyotrichum patens. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Symphyotrichum patens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Symphyotrichum patens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Symphyotrichum patens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: late purple aster

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