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Aster L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 35510

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	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	Aster L. – aster
		Direct Children:
	Species	Aster alpinus L. – alpine aster
	Species	Aster amellus L. – Italian aster, Italian starwort
	Species	Aster bietii Franch.
	Species	Aster brachytrichus Franch.
	Species	Aster caucasicus Willd.
	Species	Aster diplostephioides (DC.) C.B. Clarke
	Species	Aster farreri W.W. Sm. & Jeffrey
	Species	Aster flaccidus Bunge
	Species	Aster glehnii F. Schmidt
	Species	Aster himalaicus C.B. Clarke
	Species	Aster linosyris (L.) Bernh. – goldilocks
	Species	Aster maackii Regel
	Species	Aster oreophilus Franch.
	Species	Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC.
	Species	Aster sedifolius L.
	Species	Aster tataricus L. f. – Tatarian aster
	Species	Aster thomsonii C.B. Clarke
	Species	Aster tongolensis Franch.
	Species	Aster trigonicus Burgess
	Species	Aster ursinus Burgess
	Species	Aster yunnanensis Franch.

References


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	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:	Aster

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Aster

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Aster

	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:	Aster

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