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Symphyotrichum Nees
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564906

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Brachyactis Ledeb.
	Common Name(s):	aster [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2009

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Asteranae
	Order	Asterales
	Family	Asteraceae – sunflowers, tournesols
	Genus	Symphyotrichum Nees – aster
		Direct Children:
	Species	Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom – scaleleaf aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X amethystinum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum anomalum (Engelm. ex Torr. & A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – manyray aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum anticostense (Fernald) G.L. Nesom – Anticosti Island aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – western aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X batesii (Rydb.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum boreale (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Löve & D. Löve – northern bog aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum campestre (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom – western meadow aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum chapmanii (Torr. & A. Gray) Semple & Brouillet – savannah aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum chilense (Nees) G.L. Nesom – Pacific aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L. Nesom – rayless alkali aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindl.) A. Löve & D. Löve – Lindley's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X columbianum (Piper) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum concolor (L.) G.L. Nesom – eastern silver aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom – common blue wood aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum cusickii (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Cusick's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum defoliatum (Parish) G.L. Nesom – San Bernardino aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum depauperatum (Fernald) G.L. Nesom – serpentine aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum drummondii (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – Drummond's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L. Nesom – rice button aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum eatonii (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Eaton's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum elliotii (Torr. & A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Elliott's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) G.L. Nesom – white heath aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum eulae (Shinners) G.L. Nesom – Texas aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – white prairie aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum fendleri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Fendler's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X finkii (Rydb.) G.L. Nesom (pro sp.)
	Species	Symphyotrichum firmum (Nees) G.L. Nesom – glossy-leaved aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindl. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom – alpine leafybract aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum fontinale (Alexander) G.L. Nesom – Florida water aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum frondosum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom – short-rayed alkali aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum georgianum (Alexander) G.L. Nesom – Georgia aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum grandiflorum (L.) G.L. Nesom – largeflower aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X gravesii (Burgess) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum greatae (Parish) G.L. Nesom – Greata's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum hallii (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Hall's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum hendersonii (Fernald) G.L. Nesom – Lyall aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum jessicae (Piper) G.L. Nesom – Jessica's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum kralii G.L. Nesom – Kral's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve – smooth blue aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom – white panicle aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve – calico aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum laurentianum (Fernald) G.L. Nesom – Gulf of St. Lawrence aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum lentum (Greene) G.L. Nesom – Suisun Marsh aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X longulum (Sheldon) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum molle (Rydb.) G.L. Nesom – soft aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum nahanniense (Cody) Semple – Nahanni aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (L.) G.L. Nesom – New England aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (L.) G.L. Nesom – New York aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom – aromatic aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum ontarionis (Wiegand) G.L. Nesom – bottomland aster, Ontario aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) G.L. Nesom – skyblue aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum parviceps (E.S. Burgess) G.L. Nesom – smallhead aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum patens (Aiton) G.L. Nesom – late purple aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom – thinleaf late purple aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom – hairy white oldfield aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum plumosum (Small) Semple
	Species	Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – smooth white aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum potosinum (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – Santa Rita Mountain aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum praealtum (Poir.) G.L. Nesom – willowleaf aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum pratense (Raf.) G.L. Nesom – barrens silky aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom – crookedstem aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom – lavender oldfield aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum puniceum (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve – purplestem aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum pygmaeum (Lindl.) Brouillet & S. Selliah – pygmy aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum racemosum (Elliot) G.L. Nesom – smooth white oldfield aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum retroflexum (Lindl. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom – rigid whitetop aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum rhiannon Weakley & Govus – Rhiannon's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum robynsianum (Rouss.) L. Brouillet & Labrecque – longleaf aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X salignum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum X schistosum (Steele) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L. Nesom – western silver aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum shortii (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – Short's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum simmondsii (Small) G.L. Nesom – Simmonds' aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – western mountain aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X subgeminatum (Fernald) G.L. Nesom (pro sp.)
	Species	Symphyotrichum subspicatum (Nees) G.L. Nesom – Douglas aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L. Nesom – eastern annual saltmarsh aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X tardiflorum (L.) Greuter, M.V. Agab. & Wagenitz
	Species	Symphyotrichum tenuifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom – perennial saltmarsh aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum tradescantii (L.) G.L. Nesom – shore aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum turbinellum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – smooth violet prairie aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum undulatum (L.) G.L. Nesom – wavyleaf aster, waxyleaf aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum urophyllum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – white arrowleaf aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum vahlii (Gaudich.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum X versicolor (Willd.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom – Walter's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum welshii (Cronquist) G.L. Nesom – Welsh's aster
	Species	Symphyotrichum X woldenii (Rydb.) G.L. Nesom
	Species	Symphyotrichum yukonense (Cronquist) G.L. Nesom – Yukon aster

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	John C. Semple
	Notes:	Director of the WAT Herbarium, Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
	Reference for:	Symphyotrichum

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Update coordinated by the International Compositae Alliance (TICA) (http://www.compositae.org/) through the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the USDA National Plant Data Center
	Reference for:	Symphyotrichum

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Symphyotrichum

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